Dactylospora
''Sclerococcum'' is a genus of lichenicolous fungi in the family Dactylosporaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed in 1825 by Elias Magnus Fries. The type species is '' Sclerococcum sphaerale'', originally described in 1814 by Erik Acharius (as ''Spiloma sphaerale''). This fungus is a lichenicolous hyphomycete – a mould that lives on a lichen. Most of the ''Sclerococcum'' species described since then are also lichenicolous, and most have a restricted host range. Molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2012 showed that ''Sclerococcum sphaerale'' grouped together in a clade with species of ''Dactylospora'' in the class Eurotiomycetes. In 2016, Réblová and colleagues proposed a new family Sclerococcaceae in a new order (Sclerococcales) to accommodate the type genus ''Sclerococcum'', ''Dactylospora'', '' Rhopalophora'', three strains of beetle-associated fungi, and an isolate of '' Fusichalara minuta''. This classification was not accepted in the 2017 ''Outline o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dactylosporaceae
The Dactylosporaceae or Sclerococcaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the class Eurotiomycetes. It is the only family of the order Sclerococcales and subclass Sclerococcomycetidae. Taxonomy There are currently seven genera in the family: *'' Cylindroconidiis'' – 1 species *'' Fusichalara'' – 5 species *'' Gamsomyces'' – 1 species *'' Longimultiseptata'' – 2 species *'' Pseudobactrodesmium'' – 3 species *'' Rhopalophora'' – 1 species *'' Sclerococcum'' (='' Dactylospora'' , the type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nomina ...) – around 5080 species References Lecanorales Lichen families Lecanoromycetes families Taxa described in 1982 Fungi described in 1982 Taxa named by Josef Hafellner {{Eurotiomycetes-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |