Fungalpedia – Note 1077, Boliniales

 

Boliniales P.F. Cannon

Citation when using this data: Dayarathne MC et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

The order Boliniales, which was introduced by Cannon (Kirk et al. 2001), comprises saprobes within the subclass Sordariomycetidae. Boliniales is a monotypic order which includes a single family Boliniaceae, with nine genera (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015, 2016, Wijayawardene et al. 2017a, 2018).

Type family: Boliniaceae Rick, Brotéria, sér. bot. 25(2-3): 65 (1931).

 

References

Kirk PM, Cannon PF, David JC, Stalpers JA. 2001 – Ainsworth and Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi (No. Ed. 9). CABI publishing.

Maharachchikumbura SN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2016 – Families of Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 79, 1–317.

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 72, 199–301.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota, 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017a – Notes fors genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.

 

Entry by

Monika Dayarathne, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China

 

Published online 13 January 2020

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