Ascobolaceae
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| Ascobolaceae | |
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| Ascobolus spp. growing on cow dung | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Ascobolaceae Boud. ex Sacc. (1984) |
| Type genus | |
| Ascobolus Pers. (1972) | |
| Genera | |
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Ascobolus | |
The Ascobolaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. A 2008 estimate places 6 genera and 129 species in the family.[1]
Most fruiting bodies of the disk-like ascobolaceae examined, are round and without conidium. All members of this family of fungi have a saprobiontic lifestyle, feeding on decaying and dead matter.[2]
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