Ascobolaceae

Ascobolaceae
	Ascobolus spp. growing on cow dung
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Ascobolaceae; Boud. ex Sacc. (1984)
Type genus
	Ascobolus; Pers. (1972)
Genera
	Ascobolus; Ascophanus; Cleistoiodophanus; Cubonia; Saccobolus; Thecotheus

The Ascobolaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. A 2008 estimate places 6 genera and 129 species in the family.^[1]

Description[edit]

Most fruiting bodies of the disk-like ascobolaceae examined, are round and without conidium. All members of this family of fungi have a saprobiontic lifestyle, feeding on decaying and dead matter.^[2]

Taxonomy[edit]

Ascobolaceae with 4 different genera^[3]
- Ascobolus
- Cubonia
- Saccobolus
- Thecotheus

Examples[edit]

Ascobolus michaudii and Ascobolus albidus live as decomposers on the feces of large herbivore and omnivore mammals and depend on their survival, due to the specialized habitat they inhabit.^[4]

Weißlicher Kotling Ascobolus albidus, Northern Velebit National Park^[4]
Ascobolus scatigenus
Ascobolus carbonarius dwells on burnt material
Ascobolus stercorarius:James Sowerbys Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
Saccobolus citrinus
Thecotheus holmskioldii

References[edit]

^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Paul F. Cannon, Paul M. Kirk (2007). MacDonald DW (ed.). Fungal families of the world (2nd ed.). CABI Europe. pp. 20–26. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
^ Wijayawardene, Nalin N.; Hyde, Kevin N.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (29 January 2018). "Outline of Ascomycota: 2017". Fungal Diversity. 88 (2): 167–263. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0394-8. S2CID 7485476.
^ ^a ^b "Some Interesting and Protected Fungal Species of the Northern Velebit National Park". Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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[Kirk_2008-1] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[2] Paul F. Cannon, Paul M. Kirk (2007). MacDonald DW (ed.). Fungal families of the world (2nd ed.). CABI Europe. pp. 20–26. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.

[fungal-3] Wijayawardene, Nalin N.; Hyde, Kevin N.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten (29 January 2018). "Outline of Ascomycota: 2017". Fungal Diversity. 88 (2): 167–263. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0394-8. S2CID 7485476.

[BAE-4] "Some Interesting and Protected Fungal Species of the Northern Velebit National Park". Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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