The Leptosphaeriaceae are a
family of
fungi in the
order
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Pleosporales
The Pleosporales is the largest order in the fungal class Dothideomycetes. By a 2008 estimate it contains 23 families, 332 genera and more than 4700 species. The majority of species are saprobes on decaying plant material in fresh water, marin ...
. The family was circumscribed by mycologist
Margaret E. Barr in 1987.
[ According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contains 8 ]genera
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and 302 species.[ The family has a widespread distribution, but is especially prevalent in temperate regions. Species are either saprobic or grow as nectrotrophs on the stems or leaves of plants.][
]
Genera
*''Coniothyrium
''Coniothyrium'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Czech mycologist August Carl Joseph Corda
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''
*'' Didymolepta''
*''Leptosphaeria
''Leptosphaeria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae.
Species
*'' Leptosphaeria abbreviata''
*'' Leptosphaeria abuensis''
*'' Leptosphaeria abutilonis''
*'' Leptosphaeria aceris''
*'' Leptosphaeria acheniorum''
*'' Leptosphaeri ...
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*'' Mycotodea''
*'' Ophiobolus''
*'' Parahendersonia''
*'' Plenodomus''
*'' Pleoseptum''
References
External links
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Pleosporales
Dothideomycetes families
Taxa named by Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow
Taxa described in 1987
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