Valsaceae
Encyclopedia
The Valsaceae are a family
of sac fungi in the Diaporthales
order.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of sac fungi in the Diaporthales
Diaporthales
Diaporthales is an order of sac fungi.Diaporthales includes a number of plant pathogenic fungi, the most notorious of which is Cryphonectria parasitica Barr, the chestnut blight fungus that altered the landscape of eastern North America. Other diseases caused by members of this order include stem...
order.