Cephalothecaceae

The Cephalothecaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. The family was circumscribed in 1917 by Austrian naturalist Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel.[1] Species in this family are saprobic, often growing on rotten wood or on other fungi. They are known to be distributed in northern temperate regions.[2]

Cephalothecaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Subdivision:
Pezizomycotina
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Sordariales
Family:
Cephalothecaceae

Höhn. (1917)
Type genus
Cephalotheca
Fuckel (1871)
Genera

Albertiniella
Aposphaeriopsis
Cephalotheca
Cryptendoxyla
Phialemonium

References
  1. von Höhnel F. (1917). "Mykologische Fragmente. Nrn. 120–90". Annales Mycologici. 15 (5): 293–383.
  2. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CAB International. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.


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