The Dactylosporaceae or Sclerococcaceae
are a
family
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of
lichen
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-forming
fungi
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in the
class
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Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes is a large class of ascomycetes with cleistothecial ascocarps within the subphylum Pezizomycotina, currently containing around 3810 species according to the Catalogue of Life. It is the third largest lichenized class, with more th ...
.
It is the only family of the
order
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...
Sclerococcales and
subclass Sclerococcomycetidae.
Taxonomy
There are currently seven genera in the family:
*''
Cylindroconidiis'' – 1 species
*''
Fusichalara''
– 5 species
*''
Gamsomyces''
– 1 species
*''
Longimultiseptata''
– 2 species
*''
Pseudobactrodesmium''
– 3 species
*''
Rhopalophora'' – 1 species
*''
Sclerococcum'' (=''
Dactylospora'' , the
type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
)
– around 5080 species
References
Lecanorales
Lichen families
Lecanoromycetes families
Taxa described in 1982
Taxa named by Josef Hafellner
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