Asterotexis – Facesoffungi number: FoF 06766

Asterotexis Arx, Fungus, Wageningen 28: 6 (1958).

MycoBank number: MB 430; Index Fungorum number: IF 430; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06766; 2 morphological species (Index Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species: Asterotexis cucurbitacearum (Rehm) Arx.

Notes: Asterotexis is a plant-pathogen found on leaves, and was identified as a member of Asterinaceae (Inácio and Cannon 2008; Guerrero et al. 2011; Hongsanan et al. 2014b). Morphologically and phylogenetically, the genus could not be placed in any family of Asterinales (this study). Thus, Asterotexis is placed in its own family, Asterotexaceae.

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