Chaetothyriales

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]

Chaetothyriales
Fonsecaea pedrosoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Subclass:	Chaetothyriomycetidae
Order:	Chaetothyriales M.E.Barr (1987)
Families
Chaetothyriaceae Coccodiniaceae Cyphellophoraceae Epibryaceae Herpotrichiellaceae Lyrommataceae Microtheliopsidaceae Paracladophialophoraceae Pyrenotrichaceae Trichomeriaceae

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]

• Chaetothyriaceae Hansf. ex M.E.Barr (1979)^[5]

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.

• Coccodiniaceae Höhn. ex O.E.Erikss. (1981)

Coccodinium – 4 spp.

Dennisiella – 9 spp.

Limacinula – 17 spp.

• Cyphellophoraceae Réblová & Unter. (2013)^[6]

Anthopsis – 3 spp.

Cyphellophora – 25 spp.

• Epibryaceae S.Stenroos & Gueidan (2014)^[7]

Epibryon – 47 spp.

• Herpotrichiellaceae Munk (1953)^[8]

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.

• Lyrommataceae Lücking (2008)^[10]

Lyromma – 7 spp.

• Microtheliopsidaceae O.E.Erikss. (1981)^[11]

Microtheliopsis – 4 spp.

• Paracladophialophoraceae Crous (2018)

Paracladophialophora – 2 spp.

• Pyrenotrichaceae Zahlbr (1926)

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.