The Chaetosphaeriaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the
Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...
, class
Sordariomycetes
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. The family was
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* Circum ...
by Martina Réblová, Margaret Elizabeth Barr Bigelow, and Gary Samuels in 1999. Species in the family have a
cosmopolitan distribution
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, and are found in both
temperate
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and
tropical
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climates. Fossils of the Chaetosphaeriaceae are known from the
Carboniferous
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,
Eocene
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,
Oligocene
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,
Miocene
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and more recent sediments.
Genera
As accepted by
GBIF
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;
* ''
Adautomilanezia'' (2)
* ''
Anaexserticlava'' (1)
* ''
Aposphaeriella'' (1)
* ''
Ascochalara'' (1)
* ''
Calvolachnella'' (2)
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Catenularia'' (16)
* ''
Chaetolentomita'' (1)
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Chaetosphaeria'' (184)
* ''
Chloridium'' (45)
* ''
Cirrhomyces'' (1)
* ''
Codinaea'' (21)
* ''
Conicomyces'' (5)
* ''
Craspedodidymum'' (14)
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Cylindrotrichum'' (28)
* ''
Dendrophoma'' (9)
* ''
Dictyochaeta'' (87)
* ''
Dictyochaetopsis'' (13)
* ''
Didymopsamma'' (1)
* ''
Eucalyptostroma'' (4)
* ''
Fuscocatenula'' (2)
* ''
Gonytrichum'' (4)
* ''
Hemicorynespora'' (13)
* ''
Infundibulomyces'' (6)
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Kylindria'' (13)
* ''
Lecythothecium'' (1)
* ''
Lentomita'' (11)
* ''
Melanochaeta'' (4)
* ''
Melanopsammina'' (1)
* ''
Menispora'' (24)
* ''
Menisporopascus'' (1)
* ''
Menisporopsis'' (14)
* ''
Mesobotrys'' (1)
* ''
Miyoshiella'' (2)
* ''
Montemartinia'' (1)
* ''
Morrisiella'' (1)
* ''
Nawawia'' (8)
* ''
Neopseudolachnella'' (5)
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Paliphora'' (8)
* ''
Paragaeumannomyces'' (14)
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Phaeostalagmus'' (8)
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Phialogeniculata'' (4)
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Phialolunulospora'' (1)
* ''
Pseudodinemasporium'' (2)
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Pseudolachnea'' (8)
* ''
Pseudolachnella'' (26)
* ''
Pyrigemmula'' (4)
* ''
Sporoschisma'' (28)
* ''
Stanjehughesia'' (17)
* ''
Striatosphaeria'' (3)
* ''
Tainosphaeria'' (9)
* ''
Thozetella'' (40)
* ''
Thozetellopsis'' (1)
* ''
Trichocollonema'' (1)
* ''
Uncigera'' (1)
* ''
Verhulstia'' (1)
* ''
Zanclospora'' (11)
* ''
Zignoella'' (79)
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.
[
Former genera '' Australiasca'' now within '' Australiascaceae'' family and '' Porosphaerella'' now within '' Cordanaceae'' family.
]
References
Chaetosphaeriales
Ascomycota families
Taxa described in 1999
Taxa named by Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow
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