The Ophiostomataceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.[1] The family was circumscribed by J.A. Nannfeldt in 1932.[2] Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are typically found in temperate regions, as pathogens of both coniferous and deciduous trees.[3]

Ophiostomataceae
Hyphae of Ophiostoma wageneri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Ophiostomatales
Family: Ophiostomataceae
Nannf. (1932)
Type genus
Ophiostoma
Syd. & P.Syd. (1919)

Genera

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As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020, with the amount of species in brackets;[4]

Former genera; Dryadomyces, Equicapillimyces, Graphiocladiella, Knoxdaviesia, Pachnodium and Subbaromyces

References

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ Nannfeldt JA. (1932). "Studien über die morphologie und systematik der nichtlichenisierten inoperculaten Discomyceten". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (in German). 8, series IV (2): 30.
  3. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 249–50. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  4. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
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