Protomycetaceae

Protomycetaceae

Protomyces macrosporus on the lower surface of a leaf of Aegopodium podagraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Taphrinomycotina
Class:	Taphrinomycetes
Order:	Taphrinales
Family:	Protomycetaceae Gray (1821)
Type genus
Protomyces Unger (1833)
Genera
Buerenia Protomyces Protomycopsis Saitoella Taphridium Volkartia

The Protomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Taphrinales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 6 genera and 22 species.^[1]

References

↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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