2.3.11 Pleomassariaceae

Pleomassariaceae ( Pleosporales) was introduced with Pleomassaria as the type by Barr (1979) and to include fungi characterized by distoseptate, dark brown ascospores and ascomatal walls which are thickened at sides and thin at the base. The family includes Splanchnonema with the taxon S. britzelmayrianum reported for the first time from the marine environment. A new family record for the marine fungi checklist.