The Leptosphaeriaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the
order
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...
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 by mycologist
Margaret E. Barr in 1987.
[ According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contained 8 ]genera
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and 302 species.[ The family has a widespread distribution, but is especially prevalent in ]temperate
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regions. Species are either saprobic
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or grow as nectrotrophs (organisms that grow and reproduce on dead cells) on the stems or leaves of plants.[
]
Genera
As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020 (with number of species per genus);Chaetoplea
''Chaetoplea'' is a genus of fungi in the Leptosphaeriaceae family. As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020;
It was earlier placed in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae in 2007.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an ...
'' (ca. 20)
*'' Heterosporicola'' (2)
*'' Leptosphaeria'' Ces. & De Not. (151)
*'' Neoleptosphaeria'' (2)
*'' Ochraceocephala'' (1)
*'' Paraleptosphaeria'' (7)
*'' Parahendersonia'' A.W. Ramaley (1995) (2)
*'' Plenodomus'' Preuss (18)
*'' Praeclarispora'' (1)
*'' Pseudoleptosphaeria'' (1)
*'' Querciphoma'' (2)
*'' Sclerenchymomyces'' (2)
*'' Sphaerellopsis'' (6)
*'' Subplenodomus'' (6)
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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