Vizellaceae
| Vizellaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | Dothideomycetidae |
| Order: | Incertae sedis |
| Family: | Vizellaceae H.J.Swart (1971) |
| Type genus | |
| Vizella Sacc. (1883) | |
| Genera | |
|
Blasdalea | |
The Vizellaceae are a family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class Dothideomycetes.[1] The family was circumscribed by Dutch mycologist Haring Johannes Swart in 1971. It originally held Blasdalea and the type genus Vizella.[2] Vizellaceae species are found on all continents, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions.[3]
Description
Vizellaceae species are fungi that grow in or under the host plant's leaf cuticle. They have flattened, disc-like or irregular fruitbodies. Their asci are bitunicate, meaning they have two functional layers, an elastic internal wall and an external wall. The ascospores are unicellular, or apiosporous (bicellular, with one cell smaller than the other). They are brown, with a translucent crosswise band.[2]
References
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
- 1 2 Swart HJ. (1971). "Australian leaf-inhabiting fungi. I. Two species of Vizella". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 57 (3): 455–464. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(71)80061-x.
- ↑ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 377–378. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.