Hypocreaceae
Family of fungi
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::summary Family of fungi ::
| image = Hypocreopsis rhododendri.JPG | image_caption = Hypocreopsis rhododendri on a hazel tree. | taxon = Hypocreaceae | authority = De Not. (1844) | type_genus = Hypocrea | type_genus_authority = Fr. (1825) | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = see text
The Hypocreaceae are a family within the class Sordariomycetes. Species are recognisable by their brightly coloured perithecial ascomata, typically yellow, orange or red. The family was proposed by Giuseppe De Notaris in 1844.
Genera (sp.)
As accepted in 2020:
- Arachnocrea (3)
- Dialhypocrea (1)
- Escovopsioides (1)
- Escovopsis (14)
- Hypocreopsis (14)
- Hypomyces (ca. 150)
- Illosporiopsis
- Kiflimonium (1)
- Lichenobarya (1)
- Mycogone (28)
- Protocrea (6)
- Rogersonia (1)
- Sepedonium (13)
- Sphaerostilbella (13)
- Sporophagomyces (3)
- Stephanoma (?6)
- Trichoderma (400+)
- Verticimonosporium (3)
References
References
- (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere.
- (1844). "Osservazione su alcuni generi e specie della tribu dei Pirenomiceti sferiacei". Giornale Botanico Italiano.
- (2008). "Dictionary of the Fungi". CAB International.
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