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Dactylosporaceae

Family of lichen-forming fungi

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Taxonomy

There are currently seven genera in the family:

  • Cylindroconidiis H.Zhang & X.D.Yu (2018) – 1 species
  • Fusichalara S.Hughes & Nag Raj (1973) – 5 species
  • Gamsomyces Hern.-Restr. & Réblová (2020) – 1 species
  • Longimultiseptata H.Zhang & W.Dong (2019) – 2 species
  • Pseudobactrodesmium H.Zhang, W.Dong & K.D.Hyde (2020) – 3 species
  • Rhopalophora Réblová, Unter. & W.Gams (2016) – 1 species
  • Sclerococcum Fr. (1825) (=Dactylospora Körb. (1855), the type genus) – around 100 species

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