Biology:Myriangiaceae

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Short description: Family of fungi

Myriangiaceae
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Myriangiaceae

Nyl. (1854)
Type genus
Myriangium
Mont. & Berk. (1845)
Genera

Anhellia
Diplotheca
Eurytheca
Myriangium

The Myriangiaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Dothideomycetes.[1] Species in this family have a widespread distribution (and are especially prevalent in tropical areas), and are typically found associated with scale insects.[2] The family occupies an isolated phylogenetic position within the Dothideomycetes.[3]

References

  1. "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. December 2007. http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2007. p. 233. ISBN 0-85199-827-5. 
  3. "Major lineages of Dothideomycetes (Ascomycota) inferred from SSU and LSU rDNA sequences". Mycological Research 105 (8): 901–908. 2001. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(08)61945-0. 

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