The Vialaeaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota and class Sordariomycetes. In 2018, it was placed in the order Amphisphaeriales.
This is a monotypic taxon, containing the single genus Vialaea. The family of Vialaeaceae was named by P.F. Cannon in 1995. Pier Andrea Saccardo circumscribed the genus in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.12 n page 66 in 1896.
The genus name of Vialaea is in honour of Pierre Viala (1859âÂÂ1936), who was a French scientist.
Species in the family are distributed in both temperate and tropical areas of the world, where they grow parasitically on twigs.
As accepted by Species Fungorum;
Former species; V. ingae = Diatractium ingae, Phyllachoraceae family