Epibryon

Epibryon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Chaetothyriales
Family: Epibryaceae
S.Stenroos & Gueidan (2014)
Genus: Epibryon
Döbbeler (1978)
Type species
Epibryon plagiochilae
(Gonz.Frag.) Döbbeler (1978)

Epibryon is a genus of fungi, and the sole genus in the monogeneric family Epibryaceae. It has about 40 species. Many of the species grow parasitically on bryophytes. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Peter Döbbeler in 1978; the family by Soili Stenroos and Cécile Gueidan in 2014.

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