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Family of fungi

Vibrisseaceae
Vibrissea truncorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Vibrisseaceae
Korf (1990)
Type genus
Vibrissea
Fr. (1822)
Genera
  • Acephala Grünig & T.N.Sieber
  • Anavirga B.C.Sutton, 1975
  • Apostemidium (P.Karst.) P.Karst.
  • Cheirospora Moug. & Fr.
  • Chlorovibrissea L.M.Kohn, 1989
  • Diplococcium
  • Fuscosclera
  • Gorgoniceps (P.Karst.) P.Karst.
  • Leucovibrissea (A.Sánchez) Korf
  • Pocillum De Not.
  • Strossmayeria Schulzer
  • Vibrissea Fr., 1822

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

Description

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

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. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Vibrisseaceae


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