The Chaetothyriales are an order of ascomycetous fungi in the class Eurotiomycetes and within the subclass Chaetothyriomycetidae. The order was circumscribed in 1987 by mycologist Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow.
Families and genera
, Species Fungorum includes 9 families, 97 genera, and 691 species in the Chaetothyriales. 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.
:Actinocymbe â 3 spp.
:Aithaloderma â 12 spp.
:Aphanophora â 1 sp.
:Arthrophiala â 1 sp.
:Camptophora â 2 spp.
:Ceramothyrium â 39 spp.
:Ceratocarpia â 3 spp.
:Chaetothyriomyces â 1 sp.
:Chaetothyrium â 67 spp.
:Cyphellophoriella â 1 sp.
:Euceramia â 3 spp.
:Longihyalospora â 2 spp.
:Microcallis â 9spp.
:Nullicamyces â 1 sp.
:Phaeosaccardinula â 41 spp.
:Stanhughesia â 4 sp.
:Treubiomyces â 7 spp.
:Vonarxia â 2 spp.
:Yatesula â 2 spp.
:Coccodinium â 4 spp.
:Dennisiella â 9 spp.
:Limacinula â 17 spp.
:Anthopsis â 3 spp.
:Cyphellophora â 25 spp.
:Epibryon â 47 spp.
:Aculeata â 1 sp.
:Atrokylindriopsis â 1 sp.
:Brycekendrickomyces â 1 sp.
:Capronia â ca. 81 spp.
:Cladophialophora â 41 spp.
:Exophiala â 59 spp.
:Fonsecaea â 16 spp.
:Marinophialophora â 1 sp.
:Melanoctona â 1 sp.
:Metulocladosporiella â 6 spp.
:Minimelanolocus â 34 spp.
:Phialophora â 7 spp.
:Pleomelogramma â 2 spp.
:Rhinocladiella â 21 spp.
:Sorocybe â 3 spp.
:Thysanorea â 14 spp.
:Veronaea â 20 spp.
:Lyromma â 7 spp.
:Microtheliopsis â 4 spp.
:Paracladophialophora â 2 spp.
:Pyrenothrix â 2 spp.
:Neophaeococcomyces â 4 spp.
:Arthrocladium â 4 spp.
:Bacillicladium â 1 sp.
:Bradymyces â 3 spp.
:Knufia â 14 spp.
:Lithohypha â 1 sp.
:Neostrelitziana â 1 sp.
:Strelitziana â 8 spp.
:Trichomerium â 36 spp.
Genera incertae sedis
Several genera have been included in the Chaetothyriales although their familial placement is unknown. These include:
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