Herpotrichiellaceae | |
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Conidiophores of Fonsecaea pedrosoi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Chaetothyriales |
Family: | Herpotrichiellaceae Munk (1953) |
Type genus | |
Herpotrichiella Petr. (1914)
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Genera | |
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Herpotrichiellaceae is a family of ascomycetous fungi within the order Chaetothyriales and within the class Eurotiomycetes. It contains 16 genera and about 270 species.[1] The type genus of the family, Herpotrichiella, is now synonymous with Capronia.[2]
It contains human–pathogenic species.[3]
This is a list of the genera in the Herpotrichiellaceae, based on a 2020 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues.[1] Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority (those who first circumscribed the genus; standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the number of species: