Fungalpedia – Note 1807, Strobiloscyphaceae
Strobiloscyphaceae Ekanayaka, K.D. Hyde, Q. Zhao and E.B.G. Jones
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.
Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pezizomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Ascomata apothecial, gregarious, sessile, disc smooth or finely granulated. Ectal excipulum composed of cells of textura globulosa to angularis. Medullary excipulum composed of cells of textura intricata. Asci operculate, non-amyloid, cylindrical, 8-spored. Ascospores ellipsoid to subfusiform, aseptate, guttulate. Paraphyses filiform, hyaline, cylindrical, slightly enlarged at the apices.
Notes: Peric´ et al. (2014) showed an unresolved phylogenetic position of this genus and suggested its relationship with Chorioactidaceae according to its morphology
Type genus: Strobiloscypha keliae N.S. Weber and Denison, Mycotaxon 54: 130 (1995).