Stephanosporaceae

The Stephanosporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Species in the family, known from Eurasia and New Zealand, grow on the ground with rotting wood or plant debris.[2] As of March 2015, Index Fungorum lists 8 genera and 35 species in the family.[3] Stephanosporaceae was circumscribed in 1979 by mycologists Franz Oberwinkler and Egon Horak.[4]

Stephanosporaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Stephanosporaceae

Oberw. & E.Horak (1979)
Genera

Athelidium
Cristinia
Cyanobasidium
Lindtneria[1]
Mayamontana
Mycolindtneria
Stephanospora
Sulphurina

References
  1. Martín MP, Raidl S, Telleria MT (2004). "Molecular analyses confirm the relationship between Stepanospora caroticolor and Lindtneria trachyspora". Mycotaxon. 90: 133–140.
  2. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  3. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 18th March 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. Oberwinkler F, Horak E (1979). "Stephanosporaceae – eine neue Familie der Basidiomycetes mit aphyllophoralen und gastroiden Fruchtkörpern". Plant Systematics and Evolution (in German). 131: 157–64. doi:10.1007/BF00984129.


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