The Sporormiaceae are a

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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 ...

in the

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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 ...

. Taxa have a

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

and are

saprobic Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ...

on dung ( coprophilous) and rotting vegetation.

Description

The Sporormiaceae are characterized by having dark brown, septate spores with germ slits.

Genera

As accepted by

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; * '' Anekabeeja'' * ''

Chaetopreussia ''Chaetopreussia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Sporormiaceae. This is a monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does no ...

'' (2) * '' Forliomyces'' (2) * '' Niesslella'' * ''

Pleophragmia ''Pleophragmia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Sporormiaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Pleophragmia leporum''. References

Pleosporales Monotypic Dothideomycetes genera Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Got ...

'' (4) * '' Preussia'' (138) * ''

Preussiella ''Preussiella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. Its native range is western and western central Tropical Africa, in the countries of Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast and Li ...

'' * '' Sparticola'' (7) * ''

Sporormia ''Sporormia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Sporormiaceae and part of the phylum Ascomycota. It is morphologically distinct from other genera in this family due to the orientation of cylindrical ascospores contained in a gelatinous sheath wi ...

'' (37) * ''

Sporormiella ''Sporormiella'' is a genus of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota whose species can be found worldwide, including the Arctic. It grows primarily on dung but also can be found in soil and plant debris. The exact number of species is debated and can ra ...

'' (79) * ''

Spororminula ''Spororminula'' is a genus of fungi in the family Sporormiaceae. This is a monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not ...

'' * '' Sporormurispora'' (5) * ''

Westerdykella ''Westerdykella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Sporormiaceae The Sporormiaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Pleosporales. Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution and are saprobic on dung (Coprophilo ...

'' (34) Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.

References

Dothideomycetes families Pleosporales Taxa named by Anders Munk Taxa described in 1957 {{Pleosporales stub