The Hypocreaceae are a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

within the class

Sordariomycetes Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota). It is the second-largest class of Ascomycota, with a worldwide distribution that mostly accommodates terrestrial based taxa, although several can also be found in ...

. Species are recognisable by their brightly coloured perithecial

ascomata An ascocarp, or ascoma (: ascomata), is the fruiting body (sporocarp (fungi), sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded ascus, asci, each of which typically contains four to ...

, typically yellow, orange or red. The family was proposed by

Giuseppe De Notaris Giuseppe De Notaris (18 April 1805 – 22 January 1877) was an Italian botanist generally known for his work with cryptogams native to Italy. Biography Born 18 April 1805, in Milan, he studied medicine at the University of Pavia, obtaining his ...

in 1844. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family has 22

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

and 454 species. In 2020, it was re-analysed and determined to have only 17 genera and about 658 species.

Genera (sp.)

As accepted in 2020: *'' Arachnocrea'' (3) *'' Dialhypocrea'' (1) *'' Escovopsioides'' (1) *''

Escovopsis ''Escovopsis'' is a genus of seven formally acknowledged parasitic microfungus species that rely on other fungi to be their hosts. This genus formally circumscribed with a single identified species in 1990; in 2013 three other species were ad ...

'' (14) *''

Hypocreopsis ''Hypocreopsis'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi that form ascomata on the stems of trees and shrubs. The ascomata are orange-brown and consist of radiating, perithecial lobes. Species The genus includes three species: *''Hypocreopsis amplectens' ...

'' (14) *''

Hypomyces ''Hypomyces'' is a genus of parasitic ascomycete fungi found in Europe, North America, Australia, and parts of China. The genus contains 53 species. Better known species include the lobster mushroom (''Hypomyces lactifluorum'') and the bolete e ...

'' (ca. 150) *''

Illosporiopsis ''Illosporiopsis'' is a genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV ...

'' *'' Kiflimonium'' (1) *'' Lichenobarya'' (1) *''

Mycogone ''Mycogone'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hypocreaceae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of ...

'' (28) *'' Protocrea'' (6) *'' Rogersonia'' (1) *'' Sepedonium'' (13) *'' Sphaerostilbella'' (13) *'' Sporophagomyces'' (3) *'' Stephanoma'' (?6) *''

Trichoderma ''Trichoderma'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae that is present in all soils, where they are the most prevalent culturable fungi. Many species in this genus can be characterized as opportunistic avirulent plant symbionts. This re ...

'' (400+) *'' Verticimonosporium'' (3)

References

{{Authority control Ascomycota families Taxa named by Giuseppe De Notaris Taxa described in 1844