Helminthosphaeriaceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Sordariales |
Family: |
Helminthosphaeriaceae Samuels, Cand. & Magni (1997) |
Type genus | |
Helminthosphaeria Fuckel (1870) |
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Genera | |
Ceratosporium |
Ceratosporium
Diplococcium
Echinosphaeria
Endophragmiella
Helminthosphaeria
Litschaueria
Luxuriomyces
Oramasia
Ruzenia
Tengiomyces
Vermiculariopsiella
The Helminthosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. Species in this family are saprobic, often growing on rotten wood or on the fruit bodies of old mushrooms. They are distributed in temperate areas.