Ceratostomataceae

Ceratostomataceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Melanosporales
Family:	Ceratostomataceae G. Winter
Type genus
Ceratostoma Fr.
Genera
Arxiomyces Erythrocarpon Melanospora Persiciospora Pteridiosperma Pustulipora Rhytidospora Setiferotheca Sphaerodes Vittatispora

The Ceratostomataceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.^[1] Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are found growing on other fungi, on soil, or rotting vegetation.^[2] The family may not be monophyletic as currently defined.^[3]

Genera

• Arxiomyces
• Erythrocarpon
• Melanospora
• Persiciospora
• Pteridiosperma
• Pustulipora
• Rhytidospora
• Setiferotheca
• Sphaerodes
• Vittatispora

References

1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA) 13: 1–58. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
2. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-85199-827-5. 
3. ^ Zhang N, Blackwell M. (2002). "Molecular phylogeny of Melanospora and similar pyrenomycetous fungi". Mycological Research 106 (2): 148–55. doi:10.1017/S0953756201005354.