Sarcoscyphaceae

Sarcoscyphaceae
Sarcoscypha coccinea, the scarlet elf cup
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Sarcoscyphaceae Le Gal ex Eckblad (1968)[1]
Type genus
Sarcoscypha (Fr.) Boud. (1885)

The Sarcoscyphaceae are a family of cup fungi in the order Pezizales. Members of the Sarcoscyphaceae are cosmopolitan in distribution, found in both tropical and temperate regions.^[2]

Genera

A 2008 estimate placed 13 genera and 102 species in the family:^[3]

• Aurophora Rifai 1968
• Cookeina Kuntze 1891
• Geodina Denison 1965
• Kompsoscypha Pfister 1989
• Microstoma (fungus) Bernstein 1852
• Nanoscypha Denison 1972
• Phillipsia Berk. 1881
• Pithya Fuckel 1870
• Pseudopithyella Seaver 1928
• Sarcoscypha (Fr.) Boud. 1885: anamorphs are Molliardiomyces Paden 1984
• Thindia Korf & Waraitch 1971
• Wynnea Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1867

References

1. Eckblad FE. (1968). "The genera of the operculate discomycetes". Nytt Magasin for Botanik. 15 (1–2): 1–191 (see p. 103).
2. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.