Pyronemataceae

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Pyronemataceae
Aleuria aurantia, member of the Pyronemataceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Corda (1842)
Type genus
Pyronema
Carus (1834)

The Pyronemataceae are a

monophyletic as it is currently circumscribed.[3]

Morphology

Members of the family are diverse in ascomatal or cleistothecial form. Individual taxa may be sessile (without a

Genera of the Pyronemataceae lack unifying macroscopic or microscopic characteristics; this lack of uniting characters has led various authors to propose a variety of classification schemes.[4][5][6]

Genera

This list of genera in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus name is followed by the author citation, year of publication, and number of species.[7]

References

  1. ^ Eriksson OE. Outline of Ascomycota. 2006 Myconet 12:1–82.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, David J, Stalpers JA. (Eds.) Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (9th edn.). CAB International: Wallingford, UK (2001).
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  4. ^ Kimbrough JW. Arguments towards restricting the limits of the Pyronemataceae (Ascomycetes, Pezizales). Memoirs of the New York Botanic Garden. 1989 49:326–335.
  5. ^ Eckblad F-E. The genera of operculate Discomycetes. A re-evaluation of their taxonomy, phylogeny and nomenclature. Norwegian Journal of Botany. 1968 15:1–191.
  6. ^ Korf RP. Synoptic key to the genera of Pezizales. Mycologia. 1972 64:937–94.
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  8. ^ Perry BA. (2008). Chaetothiersia vernalis, a new genus and species of Pyronemataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales) from California. Fungal Diversity 28: 65–72.
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