Sarcoscyphaceae

Sarcoscyphaceae

Sarcoscyphaceae

Family of fungi

The Sarcoscyphaceae are a family of cup fungi in the order Pezizales. Members of the Sarcoscyphaceae are cosmopolitan in distribution, found in both tropical and temperate regions.[2]

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Genera

A 2008 estimate placed 13 genera and 102 species in the family:[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Eckblad FE. (1968). "The genera of the operculate discomycetes". Nytt Magasin for Botanik. 15 (1–2): 1–191 (see p. 103).
  2. [2]
    Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  3. [3]
    Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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