Ascobolaceae

Ascobolaceae
	Ascobolus spp. growing on cow dung
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Ascobolaceae; Boud. ex Sacc. (1984)
Type genus
	Ascobolus; Pers. (1972)
Genera
	Ascobolus; Ascophanus; Cleistoiodophanus; Cubonia; Saccobolus; Thecotheus

The Ascobolaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. A 2008 estimate places 6 genera and 129 species in the family.^[1]

Description

Most fruiting bodies of the disk-like ascobolaceae examined, are round and without conidium. All members of this family of fungi have a saprobiontic lifestyle, feeding on decaying and dead matter.^[2]

Taxonomy

Ascobolaceae with 4 different genera^[3]
- Ascobolus
- Cubonia
- Saccobolus
- Thecotheus

Examples

Ascobolus michaudii and Ascobolus albidus live as decomposers on the feces of large herbivore and omnivore mammals and depend on their survival, due to the specialized habitat they inhabit.^[4]

Weißlicher Kotling Ascobolus albidus, Northern Velebit National Park^[4]
Ascobolus scatigenus
Ascobolus carbonarius dwells on burnt material
Ascobolus stercorarius:James Sowerbys Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
Saccobolus citrinus
Thecotheus holmskioldii

References

^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Paul F. Cannon, Paul M. Kirk (2007). MacDonald DW (ed.). Fungal families of the world (2nd ed.). CABI Europe. pp. 20–26. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
^ Wijayawardene, Nalin N.; Hyde, Kevin N.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (29 January 2018). "Outline of Ascomycota: 2017". Fungal Diversity. 88 (2): 167–263. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0394-8. S2CID 7485476.
^ ^a ^b "Some Interesting and Protected Fungal Species of the Northern Velebit National Park". Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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[Kirk_2008-1] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[2] Paul F. Cannon, Paul M. Kirk (2007). MacDonald DW (ed.). Fungal families of the world (2nd ed.). CABI Europe. pp. 20–26. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.

[fungal-3] Wijayawardene, Nalin N.; Hyde, Kevin N.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (29 January 2018). "Outline of Ascomycota: 2017". Fungal Diversity. 88 (2): 167–263. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0394-8. S2CID 7485476.

[BAE-4] "Some Interesting and Protected Fungal Species of the Northern Velebit National Park". Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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