The Microstromataceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the class
Exobasidiomycetes
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. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist
Walter Jülich
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in 1986.
Microstromataceae contains two genera (''
Microstroma'' and ''
Sympodiomycopsis''), which collectively contain five species.
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Ustilaginomycotina
Basidiomycota families
Taxa named by Walter Jülich
Taxa described in 1981