Chorioactidaceae

Chorioactidaceae
Chorioactis geaster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Chorioactidaceae
Pfister (2008)
Type genus
Chorioactis
Kupfer (1902)
Genera

Chorioactis
Desmazierella
Neournula
Pseudosarcosoma
Trichaleurina
Wolfina

The Chorioactidaceae are a family of cup fungi in the order Pezizales, first described to contain seven species distributed among five genera. Pseudosarcosoma was added in 2013 to contain P. latahense when molecular phylogenetic studies demonstrated the fungus to be more closely related to the Chorioactidaceae than to Sarcosoma (family Sarcosomataceae). With the addition of Trichaleurina, the genus is currently composed of six genera.

Ecologically, taxa in this family are saprotrophic, and inhabit temperate and subtropical regions.

References

  1. ↑ Pfister DH, Slater C, Hansen K (2008). "Chorioactidaceae: A new family in the Pezizales (Ascomycota) with four genera". Mycological Research. 112 (Pt 5): 513–27. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.11.016. PMID 18406592.
  2. ↑ Carbone M, Agnello C, Alvarado P (2013). "Phylogenenetic studies in the family Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales)" (PDF). Ascomycete. 1 (1): 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  3. 1 2 Ekanayaka, Anusha H.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Jones, E. B. Gareth; Zhao, Qi (2018-05-01). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of operculate discomycetes: Pezizomycetes". Fungal Diversity. 90 (1): 161–243. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0402-z. ISSN 1878-9129.