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Dermateaceae
Scientific name: Dermateaceae
Dermateaceae
Scientific name: Dermateaceae
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Description
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Dermateaceae is a family of cup fungi, so-named because of the cup-like shape of many species. Most of the species in this family are plant pathogens that parasitize and cause diseases in plants. There are also member species which are saprobes - drawing nutrition from decomposing plant and leaf litter.
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Species of Dermateaceae
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Scientific Classification
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