The Graphostromataceae are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

fungi A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...

in the order

Xylariales The Xylariales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes (also known as Pyrenomycetes), subdivision Pezizomycotina, division Ascomycota. It is the only order of the subclass Xylariomycetidae. Xylariales was circumscribed in 1932 by S ...

. This was a monotypic family, containing the single

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

''Graphostroma'', which in turn contains the single species ''Graphostroma platystoma''.

Species Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names ( scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and the Institute of ...

added genus ''

Theissenia ''Theissenia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Graphostromataceae. The genus was circumscribed by André Maublanc in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.30 on page 51 in 1914. The genus name of ''Theissenia'' is in honour of Ferdinand Theissen (1877� ...

'' (with its 2 species) to the family. In 2018, multi-gene phylogenetic analyses revealed that ''Graphostromataceae'' was close to the families of Barrmaeliaceae and

Xylariaceae The Xylariaceae are a family of mostly small ascomycetous fungi. It is one of the most commonly encountered groups of ascomycetes and is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world. They are typically found on wood, seeds ...

(Daranagama et al. 2018, Voglmayr et al. 2018, Wendt et al. 2018). Then based on phylogeny and morphology, ''

'' was excluded from the family and accepted in Hypoxylaceae (Wendt et al. 2018). Five accepted genera maybe contained in the ''Graphostromataceae'' family; ''

Biscogniauxia ''Biscogniauxia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. Subtaxa include ''Biscogniauxia capnodes'' var. ''capnodes'', ''Biscogniauxia marginata'' and ''Biscogniauxia nummularia'', which are plant pathogens. The genus was circumscribed b ...

'' (formerly of family Xylariaceae), ''

Camillea ''Camillea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. Collectively, the 41 species in the genus have a widespread distribution, but are especially prevalent in tropical areas. Fruit bodies of ''Camillea'' species tend to be cylindrical in sh ...

'' (formerly of family Xylariaceae), ''Graphostroma'', '' Obolarina'' (formerly of family Xylariaceae), and ''

Vivantia ''Vivantia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. A monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspec ...

'' (formerly of family Xylariaceae).

agrees on the above.

References

Xylariales {{Xylariales-stub