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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Sordariomycetes
Subclassis: Hypocreomycetidae
Ordo: Coronophorales
Familia: Nitschkiaceae
Genera: Acanthonitschkea – Biciliosporina – Botryola – Coronophora – Fracchiaea – Groenhiella – Janannfeldtia – Lasiosphaeriopsis – Loranitschkia – Neochaetosphaerella – Neotrotteria – Nitschkia – Rhagadostoma – Rhagadostomella – Tortulomyces
Name

Nitschkiaceae (Fitzp.) Nannf., 1932

Index Fungorum: IF 81071

MycoBank: MB 81071
References
Primary references

Nannfeldt, J.A. 1932. Studien über die Morphologie und Systematik der nichtlichenisierten inoperculaten Discomyceten. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 8(2):1-368

The Nitschkiaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, order Coronophorales. Species in the family are mostly saprobic on wood, although some grow on lichens.[1]
Genera

This is a list of the genera in the Nitschkiaceae, based on a 2021 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues.[2] Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority (those who first circumscribed the genus; standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the number of species:

Acanthonitschkea Speg. (1908) – 10 spp.
Biciliosporina C.V.Subramanian & G.Sekar (1993) – 1 sp.
Botryola A.C.Batista & J.L.Bezerra (1964) – 1 sp.
Fracchiaea Sacc. (1873) – 35 spp.
Groenhiella Jørg.Koch, E.B.G.Jones & S.T.Moss (1983) – 1 sp.
Janannfeldtia C.V.Subramanian & G.Sekar (1993) – 1 sp.
Lasiosphaeriopsis D.Hawksw. & Sivan. (1980) – 7 spp.
Loranitschkia Lar.N.Vassiljeva (1990) – 1 sp.
Neochaetosphaerella L.N.Vassiljeva, S.L.Stephenson & A.V.Chernyshev (2012) – 4 spp.
Nitschkia G.H.Otth ex P.Karst. (1873) – 66 spp.
Rhagadostoma Körb. (1865) – 7 spp.
Rhagadostomella Etayo (2002) – 1 sp.
Tortulomyces Lar.N.Vassiljeva, S.L.Stephenson, Chernyshev & K.D.Hyde (2013) – 1 sp.

Species Fungorum also lists Sydowinula moravica Petr. (1923) Nitschkiaceae.[3]
References

Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
"Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

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