Epibryon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Chaetothyriales |
Family: | Epibryaceae S.Stenroos & Gueidan (2014) |
Genus: | Epibryon Döbbeler (1978) |
Type species | |
Epibryon plagiochilae (Gonz.Frag.) Döbbeler (1978)
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Epibryon is a genus of fungi, and the sole genus in the monogeneric family Epibryaceae. It has about 40 species.[1] Many of the species grow parasitically on bryophytes. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Peter Döbbeler in 1978;[2] the family by Soili Stenroos and Cécile Gueidan in 2014.[3]