Microascaceae
Family of fungi
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The Microascaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes, subclass Hypocreomycetidae.[1] The family was published by David Malloch in 1970, an emended description based on Everet Stanley Luttrell's original 1951 publication,[2] and reassessed in 2020.[3]
Division:Ascomycota
Class:Sordariomycetes
Order:Microascales
Family:Microascaceae
Luttr. ex Malloch (1970)
Luttr. ex Malloch (1970)
| Microascaceae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scopulariopsis brevicaulis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Microascales |
| Family: | Microascaceae Luttr. ex Malloch (1970) |
| Type genus | |
| Microascus Zukal (1886) | |
Description
Microascaceae species have spherical to irregularly shaped, darkly colored fruit bodies. They are usually hairy and rarely smooth. The smooth spores are reddish brown to copper colored, one-celled, and have a germ pore at one or both ends. Asci can occur singly or in chains.[2]
Genera
As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020 (with number of species);[3]
- Acaulium Sopp (4)
- Brachyconidiellopsis Decock, R.F. Castañeda & Adhikari (1)
- Canariomyces Arx (3)
- Cephalotrichum Link (37) - anamorph
- Doratomyces Corda (3)
- Echinobotryum Corda (2)
- Enterocarpus Locq.-Lin. (2)
- Fairmania Sacc. (1)
- Gamsia M. Morelet (5)
- Kernia Nieuwl. (14)
- Lomentospora Hennebert & B.G. Desai (1)
- Lophotrichus R.K. Benj. (8)
- Microascus Zukal (60)
- Parascedosporium Gilgado, Gené, Cano & Guarro (2)
- Petriella Curzi (8)
- Pseudallescheria Negroni & I. Fisch. (8)
- Pseudoscopulariopsis Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro (2)
- Rhinocladium Sacc. & Marchal (11)
- Scedosporium Sacc. ex Castell. & Chalm. (12)
- Scopulariopsis Bainier (87) - anamorph
- Wardomyces F.T. Brooks & Hansf. (11)
- Wardomycopsis Udagawa & Furuya (5)
- Yunnania H.Z. Kong (3)
