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Nitschkiaceae

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The Nitschkiaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, order Coronophorales. Species in the family are mostly saprobic on wood, although some grow on lichens.

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumAscomycota
  3. ClassSordariomycetes
  4. OrderCoronophorales
  5. FamilyNitschkiaceae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
2
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1
Family
Nitschkiaceae
Collections
DUKE, MEL
Recorded in
United States, Sweden

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The Nitschkiaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, order Coronophorales. Species in the family are mostly saprobic on wood, although some grow on lichens.

==Genera== This is a list of the genera in the Nitschkiaceae, based on a 2021 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues. Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority (those who first circumscribed the genus; standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the number of species: Acanthonitschkea – 10 spp. Biciliosporina – 1 sp. Botryola – 1 sp. Fracchiaea – 35 spp. Groenhiella – 1 sp. Janannfeldtia – 1 sp. Lasiosphaeriopsis – 7 spp. Loranitschkia – 1 sp. Neochaetosphaerella – 4 spp. Nitschkia – 66 spp. Rhagadostoma – 7 spp. Rhagadostomella – 1 sp. Tortulomyces – 1 sp.

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