Pleosporaceae
| Pleosporaceae | |
|---|---|
| Cochliobolus sativus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Pleosporaceae Nitschke (1869) |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pyrenophoraceae | |
Pleosporaceae is a family of sac fungi. They are pathogenic to humans or saprobic on woody and dead herbaceous stems or leaves.
They are generally anamorphic species (having an asexual reproductive stage). The type species is Stemphylium botryosum Wallr.
They have a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.