Ophiostomataceae

The Ophiostomataceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.^[1] The family was circumscribed by J.A. Nannfeldt in 1932.^[2] Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are typically found in temperate regions, as pathogens of both coniferous and deciduous trees.^[3]

Ophiostomataceae
Hyphae of Ophiostoma wageneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Ophiostomatales
Family:	Ophiostomataceae Nannf. (1932)
Type genus
Ophiostoma Syd. & P.Syd. (1919)

Genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020, with the amount of species in brackets;^[4]

• Afroraffaele C.C. Bateman, Y.T. Huang & D.R. Simmons (1)
• Aureovirg J.A. van der Linde, Z.W. de Beer & Jol. Roux (1)
• Ceratocystiopsis H.P. Upadhyay & W.B. Kendr. (5)
• Fragosphaeria Shear (2)
• Graphilbum H.P. Upadhyay & W.B. Kendr. (13)
• Hawksworthiomyces Z.W. de Beer, Marinc. & M.J. Wingf. (4)
• Klasterskya Petr. (3)
• Leptographium Lagerb. & Melin (= Grosmannia, Gold.) (74)
• Ophiostoma Syd. & P. Syd. (includes Hyalorhinocladiella H.P. Upadhyay & W.B. Kendr. and Pesotum J.L. Crane & Schokn.) (134)
• Raffaelea Arx & Hennebert (33)
• Sporothrix Hektoen & C.F. Perkins (79)
• Spumatoria Massee & E.S. Salmon (1)

Former genera; Dryadomyces, Equicapillimyces, Graphiocladiella, Knoxdaviesia, Pachnodium and Subbaromyces