Leptosphaeriaceae

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| taxon = Leptosphaeriaceae

| authority = M.E.Barr 1987

| type_genus = Leptosphaeria

| type_genus_authority = Ces. & De Not. (1863)

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The Leptosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. The family was circumscribed by mycologist Margaret E. Barr in 1987. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the family contained 8 genera and 302 species. The family has a widespread distribution, but is especially prevalent in temperate regions. Species are either saprobic or grow as nectrotrophs (organisms that grow and reproduce on dead cells) on the stems or leaves of plants.

Genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020 (with number of species per genus);

Alloleptosphaeria {{Au|Ariyaw., Wanas. & K.D. Hyde}} (1)
Alternariaster {{Au|E.G. Simmons}} (4)
Chaetoplea {{Au|(Sacc.) Clem.}} (ca. 20)

Heterosporicola {{au|Crous}} (2)
Leptosphaeria Ces. & De Not. (151)

Neoleptosphaeria {{Au|Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde}} (2)
Ochraceocephala {{Au|Voglmayr & Aiello}} (1)

Paraleptosphaeria {{Au|Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley}} (7)
Parahendersonia A.W. Ramaley (1995) (2)
Plenodomus Preuss (18)

Praeclarispora {{Au|Doilom, W. Dong, K. D. Hyde & C. F. Liao}} (1)
Pseudoleptosphaeria {{Au|Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde}} (1)
Querciphoma {{Au|Crous}} (2)
Sclerenchymomyces {{Au|Phukhams. & K.D. Hyde}} (2)
Sphaerellopsis {{Au|Cooke}} (6)
Subplenodomus {{Au|Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley}} (6)

References

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{{cite journal |author=Barr ME. |title=New taxa and combinations in the Loculoascomycetes |journal=Mycotaxon |year=1987 |volume=29 |pages=501–5 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0029/0501.htm}}

{{cite book |vauthors=Cannon PF, Kirk PM |title=Fungal Families of the World |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2007 |pages=186–7 |isbn=978-0-85199-827-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lw1VLSH1xnAC&pg=PA187}}

{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk |url-access=limited |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk/page/n382 372] |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

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Category:Pleosporales

Category:Dothideomycetes families

Category:Taxa named by Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow

Category:Taxa described in 1987