Stachybotryaceae

The Stachybotryaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales; the genera it contains have been described as "hyper-diverse".^[2]

Stachybotryaceae
Conidia of Stachybotrys sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Stachybotryaceae Lombard & Crous, 2014 [1]
Synonyms
Stachybotriaceae Lombard & Crous, 2014

The family was originally introduced by Crous et al. (2014) to accommodate three genera; Myrothecium, Peethamabra and Stachybotrys.^[1] It was revised by Lombard et al. (2016) based on morphological characters and multi-locus phylogenetic analysis. They accepted 33 genera in the family, including 21 new genera.^[2]

Generally, the species in Stachybotryaceae are characterized by asexual morphs with mononematous to sporodochial to synnematous conidiomata, usually with phialidic conidiogenous cells that produce 0–1-septate conidia in dark green dry chains or slimy masses.^[2] Three species of Stachybotryaceae;(Koorchalomella salmonispora, Stachybotrys chartarum and Stachybotrys chlorohalonata) have been reported from freshwater habitats.^[3]

Genera

As accepted in 2020 (with amount of species):^[4]

• Achroiostachys L. Lombard & Crous (6)
• Albifimbria L. Lombard & Crous (5)
• Albosynnema E.F. Morris (2)
• Alfaria Crous, Montaño-Mata & García-Jim. (13)
• Alfariacladiella Crous & R.K. Schumach. (1)
• Brevistachys L. Lombard & Crous (5)
• Capitofimbria L. Lombard & Crous (1)
• Cymostachys L. Lombard & Crous (3)
• Didymostilbe Henn. (14)
• Digitiseta Gordillo & Decock (4)
• Dimorphiseta L. Lombard & Crous(1)
• Globobotrys L. Lombard & Crous (1)
• Grandibotrys L. Lombard & Crous (3)
• Gregatothecium L. Lombard & Crous (1)
• Hyalinostachys C.G. Lin & K.D. Hyde (1)
• Inaequalispora L. Lombard & Crous (3)
• Kastanostachys L. Lombard & Crous (1)
• Koorchalomella Chona, Munjal & J.N. Kapoor (2)
• Melanopsamma Niessl (ca. 5)
• Memnoniella Höhn. (9)
• Myrothecium Tode (2)
• Myxospora L. Lombard & Crous (6)
• Neomyrothecium L. Lombard & Crous (1)
• Paramyrothecium L. Lombard & Crous (14)
• Parasarcopodium Melnik, S.J. Lee & Crous (3)
• Parvothecium L. Lombard & Crous (2)
• Peethambara Subram. & Bhat (1)
• Pseudoornatispora Tibpromma & K.D. Hyde (1)
• Septomyrothecium Matsush. (4)
• Sirastachys L. Lombard & Crous (9)
• Smaragdiniseta L. Lombard & Crous (1)
• Stachybotrys Corda
• Striatibotrys L. Lombard & Crous (7)
• Striaticonidium L. Lombard & Crous (5)
• Tangerinosporium L. Lombard & Crous (1)
• Virgatospora Finley (2)
• Xenomyrothecium L. Lombard & Crous (1)
• Xepicula Nag Raj (4)
• Xepiculopsis Nag Raj (2)

Note; for Stachybotrys Corda, 12 species have been phylogenetically studied although 81 epithets remain be studied.^[4]