Helminthosphaeriaceae
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| Helminthosphaeriaceae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Chaetosphaeriales |
| Family: | Helminthosphaeriaceae Samuels, Cand. & Magni (1997) |
| Type genus | |
| Helminthosphaeria Fuckel (1870) | |
The Helminthosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes.[1] Species in this family are saprobic, often growing on rotten wood or on the fruit bodies of old mushrooms. They are distributed in temperate areas.[2]