Helminthosphaeriaceae

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]

Helminthosphaeriaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Sordariales
Family:
Helminthosphaeriaceae

Samuels, Cand. & Magni (1997)
Type genus
Helminthosphaeria
Fuckel (1870)
Genera

Ceratosporium
Diplococcium
Echinosphaeria
Endophragmiella
Helminthosphaeria
Litschaueria
Luxuriomyces
Oramasia
Ruzenia
Tengiomyces
Vermiculariopsiella

References
  1. Samuels GJ, Candoussau F, Magni JF (1997). "Fungicolous pyrenomycetes 1. Helminthosphaeria and the new family Helminthosphaeriaceae" (PDF). Mycologia. 89 (1): 141–55. doi:10.2307/3761183.
  2. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 154–5. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.


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