Vialaeaceae

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Vialaeaceae
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Vialaeaceae

P.F. Cannon
Type genus
Vialaea
Sacc.

The Vialaeaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.[1] This is a monotypic taxon, containing the single genus Vialaea. The family was named by P.F. Cannon in 1995.[2] Species in the family are distributed in both temperate and tropical areas of the world, where they grow parasitically on twigs.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
  2. ^ Cannon PF. (1995). "Studies on fungi with isthmoid ascospores: the genus Vialaea, with the description of the new family Vialaeaceae". Mycological Research. 99 (3): 367–73. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80915-5.
  3. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 375–76. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.


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