Order of fungi
The Chaetothyriales are an order of ascomycetous fungi in the class Eurotiomycetes and within the subclass Chaetothyriomycetidae.[1] The order was circumscribed in 1987 by mycologist Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow.[2]
Families and genera
As of October 2021[update], Species Fungorum includes 9 families, 97 genera, and 691 species in the Chaetothyriales.[3] The following list shows the families, genera, and number of species in the Chaetothyriales, adapted from a recent (2020) taxonomic and nomenclatural review of the order.[4]
- Actinocymbe – 3 spp.
- Aithaloderma – 12 spp.
- Aphanophora – 1 sp.
- Arthrophiala – 1 sp.
- Camptophora – 2 spp.
- Ceramothyrium – 39 spp.
- Ceratocarpia – 3 spp.
- Chaetothyriomyces – 1 sp.
- Chaetothyrium – 67 spp.
- Cyphellophoriella – 1 sp.
- Euceramia – 3 spp.
- Longihyalospora – 2 spp.
- Microcallis – 9spp.
- Nullicamyces – 1 sp.
- Phaeosaccardinula – 41 spp.
- Stanhughesia – 4 sp.
- Treubiomyces – 7 spp.
- Vonarxia – 2 spp.
- Yatesula – 2 spp.
- Coccodinium – 4 spp.
- Dennisiella – 9 spp.
- Limacinula – 17 spp.
- Cyphellophoraceae Réblová & Unter. (2013)[6]
- Anthopsis – 3 spp.
- Cyphellophora – 25 spp.
- Epibryon – 47 spp.
- Aculeata – 1 sp.
- Atrokylindriopsis[9] – 1 sp.
- Brycekendrickomyces – 1 sp.
- Capronia – ca. 81 spp.
- Cladophialophora – 41 spp.
- Exophiala – 59 spp.
- Fonsecaea – 16 spp.
- Marinophialophora – 1 sp.
- Melanoctona – 1 sp.
- Metulocladosporiella – 6 spp.
- Minimelanolocus – 34 spp.
- Phialophora – 7 spp.
- Pleomelogramma – 2 spp.
- Rhinocladiella – 21 spp.
- Sorocybe – 3 spp.
- Thysanorea – 14 spp.
- Veronaea – 20 spp.
- Lyromma – 7 spp.
- Microtheliopsis – 4 spp.
- Paracladophialophoraceae Crous (2018)
- Paracladophialophora – 2 spp.
- Pyrenothrix – 2 spp.
- Neophaeococcomyces – 4 spp.
- Trichomeriaceae Chomnunti & K.D.Hyde (2013)
- Arthrocladium – 4 spp.
- Bacillicladium[12] – 1 sp.
- Bradymyces – 3 spp.
- Knufia – 14 spp.
- Lithohypha – 1 sp.
- Neostrelitziana – 1 sp.
- Strelitziana – 8 spp.
- Trichomerium – 36 spp.
Genera incertae sedis
Several genera have been included in the Chaetothyriales although their familial placement is unknown. These include:
- Lichenodiplis Dyko & D.Hawksw. (1979)[13] – 13 spp.
- Lichenodiplisiella S.Y.Kondr. & Kudratov (2002)[14] – 1 sp.
- Melnikomyces Crous & U.Braun – 1 sp.
- Minutoexcipula V.Atienza & D.Hawksw. (1994)[15] – 7 spp.
- Muellerella Hepp ex Müll. Arg. (1862)[16] – 14 spp.
- Pleostigma Kirschst. (1939)[17] – 9 spp.
- Sarcinomyces Lindner (1898)[18] – 5 spp.
- Uncispora R.C.Sinclair & Morgan-Jones (1979)[19] – 3 spp.