Vialaeaceae | |
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Family: | Vialaeaceae |
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Vialaea |
The Vialaeaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota and class Sordariomycetes. [1] In 2018, it was placed in the order Amphisphaeriales. [2]
This is a monotypic taxon, containing the single genus Vialaea. The family of Vialaeaceae was named by P.F. Cannon in 1995. [3] Pier Andrea Saccardo circumscribed the genus in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.12 n page 66 in 1896.
The genus name of Vialaea is in honour of Pierre Viala (1859–1936), who was a French scientist. [4]
Species in the family are distributed in both temperate and tropical areas of the world, where they grow parasitically on twigs. [5]
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [6]
Former species; V. ingae Rehm (1901) = Diatractium ingae, Phyllachoraceae family
Vialaeaceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Subphylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | Vialaeaceae |
Type genus | |
Vialaea |
The Vialaeaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota and class Sordariomycetes. [1] In 2018, it was placed in the order Amphisphaeriales. [2]
This is a monotypic taxon, containing the single genus Vialaea. The family of Vialaeaceae was named by P.F. Cannon in 1995. [3] Pier Andrea Saccardo circumscribed the genus in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.12 n page 66 in 1896.
The genus name of Vialaea is in honour of Pierre Viala (1859–1936), who was a French scientist. [4]
Species in the family are distributed in both temperate and tropical areas of the world, where they grow parasitically on twigs. [5]
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [6]
Former species; V. ingae Rehm (1901) = Diatractium ingae, Phyllachoraceae family