Ophiostomataceae

Ophiostomataceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Ophiostomatales
Family:	Ophiostomataceae Nannf.
Type genus
Ophiostoma Syd. & P. Syd.
Genera
Ceratocystiopsis Fragosphaeria Grosmannia Klasterskya Knoxdaviesia Linostoma Ophiostoma Spumatoria Subbaromyces

The Ophiostomataceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.^[1] The family was named by J.A. Nannfeldt in 1932.^[2] Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are typically found in temperate regions, as pathogens of both coniferous and deciduous trees.^[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. ^ Nannfeldt, J. A. (1932). "Studien über die morphologie und systematik der nichtlichenisierten inoperculaten Discomyceten" (in German). Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum upsaliensis 8, series IV (2): 30. 
3. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 249–50. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.