| Ophiostomataceae | |
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| Hyphae of Ophiostoma wageneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Ophiostomatales |
| Family: | Ophiostomataceae Nannf. (1932) |
| Type genus | |
| Ophiostoma | |
The Ophiostomataceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.[1] The family was circumscribed by J.A. Nannfeldt in 1932.[2] Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are typically found in temperate regions, as pathogens of both coniferous and deciduous trees.[3]
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ Nannfeldt JA. (1932). "Studien über die morphologie und systematik der nichtlichenisierten inoperculaten Discomyceten". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (in German). 8, series IV (2): 30.
- ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 249–50. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.