family Tuberculariaceae

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1.family Tuberculariaceae - large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungiTuberculariaceaefungus family - includes lichen familiesMoniliales, order Moniliales - order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidiumgenus Tubercularia, Tubercularia - type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of red or pink conidia; some cause diebacks of woody plantsgenus Fusarium - a form genus of mostly plant parasites some of which cause dry rot; in humans a species can cause inflammation of cornea leading to blindness