Dacampiaceae is a family of
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 ...
belonging to the order
Pleosporales
The Pleosporales is the largest order (biology), order in the fungal class Dothideomycetes. By a 2008 estimate, it contained 23 family (biology), families, 332 genera and more than 4700 species. The majority of species are saprobes on decaying pl ...
. The family was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
in 1855 by the German lichenologist
Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Gustav Wilhelm Körber (10 January 1817, Jelenia Góra, Hirschberg – 27 January 1885, Breslau) was a Silesian-German lichenologist and a professor at the University of Wrocław, University of Breslau. He specialized in the flora of Central Europ ...
.
Genera
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Aaosphaeria''
– 2 spp.
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Dacampia''
– 14 spp.
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Leptocucurthis''
– 1 sp.
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Weddellomyces''
– 12 spp.
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Xenosphaeria''
– 1 sp.
References
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Pleosporales
Dothideomycetes families
Lichen families
Taxa named by Gustav Wilhelm Körber
Taxa described in 1855
Lichenicolous fungi