Ascoideaceae

Ascoideaceae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Saccharomycetes
Order:
Saccharomycetales
Family:
Ascoideaceae

J.Schröt. (1894)
Type genus
Ascoidea
Bref. (1891)
Type species
Ascoidea rubescens
Bref. (1891)
Species

The Ascoideaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales. It contains the two genera Ascoidea and Alloascoidea.[1][2] Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and typically grow in beetle galleries in dead wood.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cletus P. Kurtzman, Christie J. Robnett (2013) Alloascoidea hylecoeti gen. nov., comb. nov., Alloascoidea africana comb. nov., Ascoidea tarda sp. nov., and Nadsonia starkeyi-henricii comb. nov., new members of the Saccharomycotina (Ascomycota). FEMS Yeast Research 13: 423–432. doi: 10.1111/1567-1364.12044
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. The Field Museum,Department of Botany, Chicago, USA: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  3. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.


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