The Carbomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales.[1] The family contains the single genus Carbomyces, which in turn contains three species distributed in the United States and Mexico.[2][3]

Carbomyces
Carbomyces sp. in New Mexico
Scientific classification
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Carbomycetaceae

Trappe (1971)
Genus:
Carbomyces

Gilkey (1954)
Type species
Carbomyces emergens
Gilkey (1954)
Species

C. emergens
C. gilbertsonii
C. longii

References

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  1. ^ Trappe JM. (1971). "A synopsis of the Carbomycetaceae and Terfeziaceae (Tuberales)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 57 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(71)80083-9.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Moreno G, Lizárraga M, Esqueda M, Galán R, Alvarado P (2012). "New records of little-known species of Carbomyces (Carbomycetaceae, Ascomycota)". Mycotaxon. 120: 89–98. doi:10.5248/120.89.
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