The ''Cainiaceae'' are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of (previously) two

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

in the order

Xylariales The Xylariales are an order (biology), order of fungi within the class (biology), class Sordariomycetes (also known as Pyrenomycetes), subdivision Pezizomycotina, division (mycology), division Ascomycota. It is the only order of the Class (taxonom ...

. The family was circumscribed by John C. Krug in 1979. Genus ''

Seynesia ''Seynesia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cainiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fungorum vol.2 on page 668 in 1883. The genus name of ''Seynesia'' is in honour of Jules de Seynes (1833–1912), who was a F ...

'' was added later to the family.

References

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* Xylariales Ascomycota families {{Xylariales-stub