Vibrisseaceae

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Vibrisseaceae
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Vibrissea truncorum
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Vibrisseaceae
Korf (1990)
Type genus
Vibrissea
Fr. (1822)
Genera [1]
  • AcephalaGrünig & T.N.Sieber
  • AnavirgaB.C.Sutton, 1975
  • Apostemidium(P.Karst.) P.Karst.
  • CheirosporaMoug. & Fr.
  • ChlorovibrisseaL.M.Kohn, 1989
  • Diplococcium
  • Fuscosclera
  • Gorgoniceps(P.Karst.) P.Karst.
  • Leucovibrissea(A.Sánchez) Korf
  • PocillumDe Not.
  • StrossmayeriaSchulzer
  • VibrisseaFr., 1822

The Vibrisseaceae are a family of fungi in the order Helotiales. The family was circumscribed by mycologist Richard P. Korf in 1990 to include the genera Vibrissea , Chlorovibrissea , and Leucovibrissea . [2] [3] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the family encompasses 5 genera and 59 species. [4]

Description

Members of the Vibrisseaceae have filiform (threadlike) to cylindrical ascospores. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Vibrisseaceae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Korf RP. (1990). "Discomycete systematics today: a look at some unanswered questions in a group of unitunicate ascomycetes". Mycosystema. 3: 19–27.
  3. 1 2 Iturriaga T. (1995). "A preliminary discomycete flora of Macaronesia: Part 9. Vibrisseaceae". Mycotaxon. 54: 1–17.
  4. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 725. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.


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