The Ascobolaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. A 2008 estimate places 6 genera and 129 species in the family.[1]
Most fruiting bodies of the disk-like ascobolaceae examined, are round and without conidium. All members of this family of fungi have a saprobiontic lifestyle, feeding on decaying and dead matter.[2]
Ascobolus michaudii and Ascobolus albidus live as decomposers on the feces of large herbivore and omnivore mammals and depend on their survival, due to the specialized habitat they inhabit.[4]
![Weißlicher Kotling Ascobolus albidus, Northern Velebit National Park[4]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ascobolus_albidus_116263897.jpg)
Weißlicher Kotling Ascobolus albidus, Northern Velebit National Park[4]
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Ascobolus scatigenus
Ascobolus carbonarius dwells on burnt material
Ascobolus stercorarius:James Sowerbys Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
Saccobolus citrinus
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Thecotheus holmskioldii
The Ascobolaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. A 2008 estimate places 6 genera and 129 species in the family.
