Vibrisseaceae

The Vibrisseaceae are a family of fungi in the order Helotiales. The family was circumscribed by mycologist Richard Korf in 1990 to include the genera Vibrissea, Chlorovibrissea, and Leucovibrissea.[1][2] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the family encompasses 5 genera and 59 species.[3]

Vibrisseaceae
Vibrissea truncorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Ascomycetes
Order:
Helotiales
Family:
Vibrisseaceae

Korf (1990)
Type genus
Vibrissea
Fr. (1822)
Genera

Anavirga
Apostemidium
Chlorovibrissea
Leucovibrissea
Vibrissea

Description

Members of the Vibrisseaceae have filiform (threadlike) to cylindrical ascospores.[2]

References
  1. Korf RP. (1990). "Discomycete systematics today: a look at some unanswered questions in a group of unitunicate ascomycetes". Mycosystema. 3: 19–27.
  2. Iturriaga T. (1995). "A preliminary discomycete flora of Macaronesia: Part 9. Vibrisseaceae". Mycotaxon. 54: 1–17.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 725. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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