Pyronemataceae

Pyronemataceae
Aleuria aurantia, member of the Pyronemataceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Corda (1842)
Type genus
Pyronema
Carus (1834)

The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera[1] and approximately 500 species.[2] Phylogenetic analyses does not support the prior classifications of this family, and suggest that the family is not monophyletic as it is currently circumscribed.[3]

  1. ^ Eriksson OE. Outline of Ascomycota. 2006 Myconet 12:1–82.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, David J, Stalpers JA. (Eds.) Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (9th edn.). CAB International: Wallingford, UK (2001).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Perry 2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).