Kingdom Fungi Order Pezizales Higher classification Pezizales | Division Ascomycota Scientific name Pyronemataceae Rank Family | |
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Lower classifications Scutellinia, Cheilymenia, Octospora, Humaria, Otidea onotica | ||
The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera and approximately 500 species. Recent phylogenetic analyses does not support the prior classifications of this family, and suggest that the family is not monophyletic as it is currently circumscribed.
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Morphology
Members of the family are diverse in ascomatal or cleistothecial form. Individual taxa may be sessile (without a stipe) to shortly stipitate, cupulate (cup-shaped), discoid (disc-shaped), pulvinate (cushion-shaped), or with turbinate (turban-shaped) epigeous apothecia. Also, taxa may be sub-hypogeous to hypogeous with closed, folded, or solid ascomata. Apothecia may range in size from less than 1 mm up to 12 cm diam, and may be brightly colored due to carotenoid pigments. Genera of the Pyronemataceae lack unifying macroscopic or microscopic characteristics; this lack of uniting characters has led various authors to propose a variety of classification schemes.
Genera
This list of genera in the family Pyronemataceae is based on the Outline of Ascomycota (dated Dec 31st, 2007), and articles published since then:
Acervus, Aleuria, Aleurina, Anthracobia, Aparaphysaria, Arpinia, Ascocalathium, Ascosparassis, Boubovia, Byssonectria, Boudierella, Chaetothiersia, Chalazion, Cheilymenia, Cleistothelebolus, Dictyocoprotus, Eoaleurina, Galeoscypha, Genabea, Genea, Geneosperma, Geopora, Geopyxis, Gilkeya, Hiemsia, Hoffmannoscypha, Humaria, Hydnocystis, Hypotarzetta, Jafnea, Kotlabaea, Lamprospora, Lasiobolidium, Lathraeodiscus, Lazuardia, Leucoscypha, Luciotrichus, Melastiza, Micronematobotrys, Miladina, Moravecia, Mycogalopsis, Nannfeldtiella, Neottiella, Nothojafnea, Octospora, Octosporella, Orbicula (placement uncertain), Otidea (synonymous with Otideopsis and Flavoscypha), Oviascoma, Parascutellinia, Paratrichophaea, Paurocotylis, Petchiomyces, Phaeangium, Pseudaleuria, Pseudombrophila, Psilopezia, Pulvinula, Pyronema, Pyropyxis, Ramsbottomia, Rhizoblepharia, Rhodoscypha, Rhodotarzetta, Scutellinia, Smardaea, Sowerbyella, Sphaerosoma, Sphaerosporella, Spooneromyces, Stephensia, Tarzetta, Tricharina, Trichophaea, Trichophaeopsis, Warcupia, Wenyingia, Wilcoxina
