Sporormiaceae

Sporormiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Sporormiaceae; Munk (1957)
Type genus
	Sporormia; Munk (1957)
Genera
	Chaetopreussia; Eremodothis; Pleophragmia; Preussia; Pycnidiophora; Sporormia; Sporormiella; Spororminula; Westerdykella

The Sporormiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution and are saprobic on dung (coprophilous) and rotting vegetation.^[1]

Description[]

The Sporormiaceae are characterized by having dark brown, septate spores with germ slits.^[2]

^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ Kruys A, Eriksson OE, Wedin M. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of coprophilous Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), and the classification of some bitunicate taxa of unknown position". Mycological Research. 110 (5): 527–536. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2006.03.002. PMID 16769507.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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