Chorioactidaceae | |
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Chorioactis geaster | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Pezizomycetes |
Order: | Pezizales |
Family: | Chorioactidaceae Pfister (2008) |
Type genus | |
Chorioactis Kupfer (1902)
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Genera | |
Chorioactis |
The Chorioactidaceae are a family of cup fungi in the order Pezizales, first described to contain seven species distributed among five genera.[1] Pseudosarcosoma was added in 2013 to contain P. latahense when molecular phylogenetic studies demonstrated the fungus to be more closely related to the Chorioactidaceae than to Sarcosoma (family Sarcosomataceae).[2] With the addition of Trichaleurina, the genus is currently composed of six genera.[3]
Ecologically, taxa in this family are saprotrophic, and inhabit temperate and subtropical regions.[3]
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