# Helminthosphaeriaceae

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The **Helminthosphaeriaceae** are a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [fungi](/source/Fungi) in the class [Sordariomycetes](/source/Sordariomycetes).[1] Species in this family are [saprobic](/source/Saprobic), often growing on rotten wood or on the [fruit bodies](/source/Sporocarp_(fungi)) of old mushrooms. They are distributed in [temperate](/source/Temperate) areas.[2]

## Genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020 (with amount of species per genus);[3]

- *[Echinosphaeria](/source/Echinosphaeria)* (14)

- *[Helminthosphaeria](/source/Helminthosphaeria)* (ca. 20)
- *[Hilberina](/source/Hilberina)* (ca. 20)

- *[Ruzenia](/source/Ruzenia)* (1)

## References

1. Samuels GJ, Candoussau F, Magni JF (1997). ["Fungicolous pyrenomycetes 1. *Helminthosphaeria* and the new family Helminthosphaeriaceae"](https://zenodo.org/record/1235145). *Mycologia*. **89** (1): 141–55. [doi:10.2307/3761183](https://doi.org/10.2307/3761183). [JSTOR 3761183](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3761183)

1. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). *Fungal Families of the World*. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 154–5. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.

1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". *Mycosphere*. **11**: 1060–1456. [doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8](https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8). [hdl:10481/61998](https://hdl.handle.net/10481/61998)

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