Biology:Sarcoscyphaceae

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Short description: Family of fungi

Sarcoscyphaceae
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Sarcoscypha coccinea, the scarlet elf cup
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
Le Gal ex Eckblad (1968)[1]
Type genus
Sarcoscypha
(Fr.) Boud. (1885)

The Sarcoscyphaceae are a family of cup fungi in the order Pezizales. Members of the Sarcoscyphaceae are cosmopolitan in distribution, found in both tropical and temperate regions.[2]

Genera

A 2008 estimate placed 13 genera and 102 species in the family:[3]

References

  1. Eckblad FE. (1968). "The genera of the operculate discomycetes". Nytt Magasin for Botanik 15 (1–2): 1–191 (see p. 103). 
  2. Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2007. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5. 
  3. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

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