Xenasmataceae

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| image_caption = Xenasma pulverulentum

| taxon = Xenasmataceae

| authority = Oberw. (1966)

| type_genus = Xenasma

| type_genus_authority = Donk (1957)

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| synonyms = *Xenasmateae (Oberw.) Parmasto (1968)

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

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The Xenasmataceae are a family of crust fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed in 1966 by German mycologist Franz Oberwinkler with Xenasma as the type genus. {{As of|2018|April}}, Index Fungorum accepts 28 species in the family. Xenasmataceae fungi grow as saprobes on fallen wood and are known primarily from temperate areas.

Description

Fruit bodies of Xenasmataceae fungi are usually crust-like, with a waxy or gelatinous texture. The fungi have a monomitic hyphal system, and the hyphae are frequently gelatinous. Spores are translucent, and often stain with Melzer's reagent.

References

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{{cite book |author1=Cannon, P.F. |author2=Kirk, P.M. |title=Fungal Families of the World |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2007 |page=379 |isbn=978-0-85199-827-5}}

{{cite web |editor=Kirk, P.M. |title=Species Fungorum (version 28th March 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/89e3e92e88bd31052279959b1d78b378 |access-date=2018-04-09 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102123108/http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/89e3e92e88bd31052279959b1d78b378 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite journal |author=Oberwinkler, Franz |title=Primitive Basidiomyceten. Revision einiger Formenkreise von Basidienpilzen mit plastischer Basidie |journal=Sydowia |year=1965 |volume=19 |issue=1–6 |pages=1–72 (see p. 25) |language=de |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59633/0019/001/0025.htm}}

{{cite book |author=Parmasto, Erast |title=Conspectus Systematis Corticiacearum |year=1968 |publisher=Institutum zoologicum et botanicum Academiae scientiarum R.P.S.S. Estonicae |location=Tartu, Estonia |page=58 |language=la}}

{{cite web |title=Xenasmataceae Oberwinkler 1966 |url=http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=58979&Fields=All |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |access-date=2012-04-12}}

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Category:Polyporales

Category:Polyporales families

Category:Taxa described in 1966

Category:Taxa named by Franz Oberwinkler