Didymosphaeriaceae
Encyclopedia
The Didymosphaeriaceae are a family
of fungi in the order
Pleosporales
. Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are saprobic in both woody and herbaceous
plants. Some species are parasitic on other fungi.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of fungi in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Pleosporales
Pleosporales
The Pleosporales is the largest order in the fungal class Dothideomycetes. By some estimates it contains 23 families, 332 genera and more than 4700 species. The majority of species are saprobes on decaying plant material in fresh water, marine, or terrestrial environments, but several species are...
. Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are saprobic in both woody and herbaceous
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plants. Some species are parasitic on other fungi.