Myriangiaceae

Myriangiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Myriangiales
Family:	Myriangiaceae Nyl.
Type genus
Myriangium Mont. & Berk.
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. ^ 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. p. 233. ISBN 0-85199-827-5. 
3. ^ Lumbsch HT, Lindemuth R. (2001). "Major lineages of Dothideomycetes (Ascomycota) inferred from SSU and LSU rDNA sequences". Mycological Research 105: 901–908. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(08)61945-0.