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Trichocomaceae
Culture of Penicillium purpurogenum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
E.Fisch. (1897)
Type genus
Trichocoma
Jungh. (1838)
Genera[1]

The Trichocomaceae are a family of fungi in the order Eurotiales. Taxa are saprobes with aggressive colonization strategies, adaptable to extreme environmental conditions. Family members are cosmopolitan in distribution, ubiquitous in soil, and common associates of decaying plant and food material.

Taxonomy

When first described, the family contained some of the most familiar fungi, such as Penicillium and Aspergillus. In 2011, it was proposed, that the family should be split into the three families Aspergillaceae, Thermoascaceae and Trichocomaceae.[2]

In an updated phylogeny of the Eurotiales published in 2020, there were 8 genera included in the Trichocomaceae.[1] Several more genera are connected to the Trichocomaceae in the Mycobank database, some of which await clarification of their standing.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Houbraken J, Kocsubé S, Visagie CM, Yulmaz N, Wang XC, Meijer M, Kraak B, Hubka V, Bensch K, Samson RA, Frisvad JC (2020). "Classification of Aspergillus, Penicillium, Talaromyces and related genera (Eurotiales): An overview of families, genera, subgenera, sections, series and species". Studies in Mycology. 95: 5–169. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2020.05.002. PMC 7426331. PMID 32855739. S2CID 221320935.
  2. ^ Houbraken, J.; Samson, R. A. (2011). "Phylogeny of Penicillium and the segregation of Trichocomaceae into three families". Studies in Mycology. 70 (1): 1–51. doi:10.3114/sim.2011.70.01. PMC 3233907. PMID 22308045.
  3. ^ Page Trichocomaceae on "Mycobank". Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-20.

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