''Cordieritidaceae'' is a
family
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of
fungi
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in the order
Cyttariales. Species in this family are
saprobes or
lichenicolous.
Description
The
ascomata of Cordieritidaceae species are
apothecial, and range in shape from disc-shaped, cup-shaped, funnel-shaped, to ear-shaped. They are either
sessile or
stipitate, sometimes arising from a common base or from branched stipes with a dark
stroma, and they are sometimes covered with hairs.
Genera
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Ameghiniella'' – 2 spp.
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Amylogalla''
– 1 sp.
*''
Annabella
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– 1 sp.
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Austrocenangium''
– 2 spp.
*''
Cordierites'' – 6 spp.
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Diplocarpa'' – 1 sp.
*''
Diplolaeviopsis''
– 3 spp.
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Gelatinopsis''
– 1 sp.
*''
Ionomidotis'' – 4 spp.
*''
Llimoniella''
– 21 spp.
*''
Macroskyttea''
– 1 sp.
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Midotiopsis'' – 2 spp.
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Phaeangella'' – 13 spp.
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Rhizocladosporium''
– 1 spp.
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Rhymbocarpus''
– 10 spp.
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Sabahriopsis''
– 1 sp.
*''
Skyttea''
– 36 spp.
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Skyttella''
– 2 spp.
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Thamnogalla''
– 1 sp.
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Unguiculariopsis'' – ca. 40 spp.
*''
Unguiculella'' – 15 spp.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q43117970
Ascomycota families
Taxa described in 1889
Leotiomycetes