Helminthosphaeriaceae

Helminthosphaeriaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Sordariales
Family:	Helminthosphaeriaceae; Samuels, Cand. & Magni (1997)
Type genus
	Helminthosphaeria; Fuckel (1870)
Genera
	; Diplococcium; Echinosphaeria; ; Helminthosphaeria; ; ; ; Ruzenia; Tengiomyces;

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]

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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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[Samuels_1997-1] 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.

[Cannon_2007-2] 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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