Cordieritidaceae is a family of fungi in the order Cyttariales. Species in this family are saprobes or lichenicolous.
Description The ascomata of Cordieritidaceae species are apothecial, and range in shape from disc-shaped, cup-shaped, funnel-shaped, to ear-shaped. They are either sessile or stipitate, sometimes arising from a common base or from branched stipes with a dark stroma, and they are sometimes covered with hairs.
Genera Ameghiniella – 2 spp. Amylogalla – 1 sp. Annabella – 1 sp. Austrocenangium – 2 spp. Cordierites – 6 spp. Diplocarpa – 1 sp. Diplolaeviopsis – 3 spp. Gelatinopsis – 1 sp. Ionomidotis – 4 spp. Llimoniella – 21 spp. Macroskyttea – 1 sp. Midotiopsis – 2 spp. Phaeangella – 13 spp. Rhizocladosporium – 1 spp. Rhymbocarpus – 10 spp. Sabahriopsis – 1 sp. Skyttea – 36 spp. Skyttella – 2 spp. Thamnogalla – 1 sp. Unguiculariopsis – ca. 40 spp. Unguiculella – 15 spp.
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