Roussoellaceae

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The Roussoellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020;[2]

Division:Ascomycota
Family:Roussoellaceae
Jian K. Liu, Phook., D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde [1]
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Roussoellaceae
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Roussoellaceae
Jian K. Liu, Phook., D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde [1]
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The family was introduced by Liu et al. in 2014 and originally contained Neoroussoella, Roussoella and Roussoellopsis.[1][3] It is a well-resolved family in the Pleosporales order.[1] Many species of the Roussoellaceae family have been described from terrestrial plants including bamboo,[4] palms and mangrove trees.[5][6] It has also been found in the marine environment and found on the seagrass Posidonia oceanica, with the green alga Flabellia petiolata and also the brown alga Padina pavonica, which were all collected in the Mediterranean Sea.[7]

Genera

With amount of species;

  • Appendispora K.D. Hyde (2)
  • Cytoplea Bizz. & Sacc. (5)
  • Elongatopedicellata Jin F. Zhang, Jian K. Liu, K.D. Hyde & Zi Y. Liu (1)
  • Immotthia M.E. Barr (2)
  • Neoroussoella Jian K. Liu, Phook. & K.D. Hyde (7)
  • Pararoussoella Wanas., E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde (3)
  • Pseudoneoconiothyrium Wanas., Phukhams., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde (1)
  • Pseudoroussoella Mapook & K.D. Hyde (2)
  • Roussoella Sacc. (38)
  • Roussoellopsis I. Hino & Katum. (3)
  • Setoarthopyrenia Mapook & K.D. Hyde (1)
  • Xenoroussoella Mapook & K.D. Hyde (1)

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