The Pseudeurotiaceae are a family of fungi in the division Ascomycota.[1] This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis).[2]
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| A) Greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) with white fungal growth. B) Scanning electron micrograph of a bat hair colonized by Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Scale bar=10 μm | |
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| Family: | Pseudeurotiaceae |
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| Pseudeurotium J.F.H.Beyma (1937)
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Connersia | |
General characteristics
editThe general characteristics for members within this family include hyaline or brown ascospores, within a thin-walled ascus inside a cleistothecial ascomata.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Malloch D, Cain RF (1970). "Five new genera in the new family Pseudeurotiaceae". Canadian Journal of Botany. 48 (10): 1815–25. doi:10.1139/b70-267.
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13: 1–58.
- ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal families of the world. CAB International. p. 299. ISBN 9780851998275.
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