Hoehnelomycetaceae
| Hoehnelomycetaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Atractiellomycetes |
| Order: | Atractiellales |
| Family: | Hoehnelomycetaceae Jülich (1982) |
| Type genus | |
| Hoehnelomyces Weese (1920) | |
| Genera | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atractiellaceae R.T. Moore (1996) | |
The Hoehnelomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Atractiellales. The family currently contains three genera and ten species. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are minute and ether stilboid (pin-shaped) or pycnidioid (flask-shaped). Microscopically they produce auricularioid (laterally septate) basidia. The type genus, Hoehnelomyces, is a synonym of Atractiella. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has shown that the Hoehnelomycetaceae are monophyletic (a natural grouping). The family has a worldwide distribution.