The Cephalothecaceae are a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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

in the class

Sordariomycetes Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota). It is the second-largest class of Ascomycota, with a worldwide distribution that mostly accommodates terrestrial based taxa, although several can also be found in ...

. The family was circumscribed in 1917 by Austrian naturalist

Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel (24 September 1852 – 11 November 1920) was an Austrian bryologist, mycologist, and algologist, brother of explorer Ludwig von Höhnel (1857–1942).Ronald E. Coons and Pascal James Imperato, eds. ''Over La ...

. Species in this family are

saprobic Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ...

, often growing on rotten wood or on other fungi. They are known to be distributed in northern

temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ran ...

regions. The family was placed in a monotypic class '' Cephalothecales'' in Index Fungorum 424: 1 (2019). The family ''Cephalothecaceae'' contains the genera (with amount of species); '' Albertiniella'' (2), '' Cephalotheca'' (14), ''

Cryptendoxyla ''Cryptendoxyla'' is a genus of fungi in the Cephalothecaceae family of the Ascomycota. This is a monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species ...

'' (2), '' Phialemonium'' (9) and '' Victoriomyces'' (1 - ''Victoriomyces antarcticus'' .

References

Ascomycota families Taxa named by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel Taxa described in 1917 Sordariomycetes {{Sordariomycetes-stub