Ascobolaceae
The Ascobolaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. A 2008 estimate places 6 genera and 129 species in the family.[1]
| Ascobolaceae | |
|---|---|
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| Ascobolus spp. growing on cow dung | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Ascobolaceae Boud. ex Sacc. (1984) |
| Type genus | |
| Ascobolus Pers. (1972) | |
| Genera | |
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Ascobolus | |
Description
Most fruiting bodies of the disk-like ascobolaceae examined, are round and without conidium. All members of this family of fungi have a saprobiontic lifestyle, feeding on decaying and dead matter.[2]
Examples
Ascobolus michaudii and Ascobolus albidus live as decomposers on the feces of large herbivore and omnivore mammals and depend on their survival, due to the specialized habitat they inhabit.[4]
Weißlicher Kotling Ascobolus albidus, Northern Velebit National Park[4]_Brumm_523193.jpg.webp)
Ascobolus scatigenus
Ascobolus carbonarius dwells on burnt material
Ascobolus stercorarius:James Sowerbys Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
Saccobolus citrinus_Eckblad_46531.jpg.webp)
Thecotheus holmskioldii
References
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Paul F. Cannon, Paul M. Kirk (2007). MacDonald DW (ed.). Fungal families of the world (2nd ed.). CABI Europe. pp. 20–26. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
- Wijayawardene, Nalin N.; Hyde, Kevin N.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (29 January 2018). "Outline of Ascomycota: 2017". Fungal Diversity. 88 (2): 167–263. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0394-8. S2CID 7485476.
- "Some Interesting and Protected Fungal Species of the Northern Velebit National Park". Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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