Protomycetaceae

{{Short description|Family of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Protomyces macrosporus on Aegopodium podagraria lower surface.JPG

| image_caption = Protomyces macrosporus on the lower surface of a leaf of Aegopodium podagraria

| taxon = Protomycetaceae

| authority = Gray (1821)

| type_genus = Protomyces

| type_genus_authority = Unger (1833)

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

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• Buerenia
• Protomyces
• Protomycopsis
• Saitoella
• Taphridium
• Volkartia

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The Protomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Taphrinales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 6 genera and 22 species.{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=563 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}