The Chaetothyriales are an order of

ascomycetous Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The de ...

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in the class

Eurotiomycetes Eurotiomycetes is a large class of ascomycetes with cleistothecial ascocarps within the subphylum Pezizomycotina, currently containing around 3810 species according to the Catalogue of Life. It is the third largest lichen A lichen ( , ) is ...

and within the subclass

Chaetothyriomycetidae Chaetothyriomycetidae is a subclass of ascomycete within the class Eurotiomycetes. Many species in Chaetothyriomycetidae are lichens. Morphology Chaetothyriomycetidae produce a cleistothecium An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting bod ...

. The order was

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in 1987 by mycologist

Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow Margaret Elizabeth Barr Bigelow (1923-2008) was a Canadian mycologist known for her contributions to the Ascomycetes fungi. Biography She was born on April 16, 1923 in Elkhorn, Manitoba. She studied at the University of British Columbia, ...

Families and genera

Species Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and the Institute of Mi ...

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. * Chaetothyriaceae ::'' 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 ::'' Coccodinium'' – 4 spp. ::''

Dennisiella ''Dennisiella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Coccodiniaceae. It has 9 species. The genus was circumscribed by mycologists Augusto Chaves Batista and Raffaele Ciferri in 1962, with '' Dennisiella babingtonii'' designated as the type speci ...

'' – 9 spp. ::'' Limacinula'' – 17 spp. * Cyphellophoraceae ::'' Anthopsis'' – 3 spp. ::'' Cyphellophora'' – 25 spp. *

Epibryaceae ''Epibryon'' is a genus of fungi, and the sole genus in the monogeneric family Epibryaceae. It has about 40 species. Many of the species grow parasitically on bryophytes. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Peter Döbbeler in 1978; the fa ...

::'' Epibryon'' – 47 spp. * Herpotrichiellaceae ::''

Aculeata Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera containing ants, bees, and stinging wasps. The name is a reference to the defining feature of the group, which is the modification of the ovipositor into a stinger. However, many members of the group cannot ...

'' – 1 sp. ::'' Atrokylindriopsis'' – 1 sp. ::'' Brycekendrickomyces'' – 1 sp. ::'' Capronia'' – ca. 81 spp. ::'' Cladophialophora'' – 41 spp. ::''

Exophiala ''Exophiala'' is a genus of Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph, anamorphic fungus, fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. The widespread genus contains 28 species. The genus was formally described by J. W. Carmichael in 1966. ''Exophiala'' has ...

'' – 59 spp. ::'' Fonsecaea'' – 16 spp. ::'' Marinophialophora'' – 1 sp. ::'' Melanoctona'' – 1 sp. ::'' Metulocladosporiella'' – 6 spp. ::'' Minimelanolocus'' – 34 spp. ::''

Phialophora ''Phialophora'' is a form genus of fungus with short conidiophores, sometimes reduced to phialides; their conidia are unicellular. They may be parasites (including on humans), or saprophytic (including on apples). Genetic analysis of ''Phialop ...

'' – 7 spp. ::'' Pleomelogramma'' – 2 spp. ::'' Rhinocladiella'' – 21 spp. ::'' Sorocybe'' – 3 spp. ::'' Thysanorea'' – 14 spp. ::'' Veronaea'' – 20 spp. * Lyrommataceae ::'' Lyromma'' – 7 spp. * Microtheliopsidaceae ::'' Microtheliopsis'' – 4 spp. * Paracladophialophoraceae ::'' Paracladophialophora'' – 2 spp. * Pyrenotrichaceae ::'' Pyrenothrix'' – 2 spp. ::'' Neophaeococcomyces'' – 2 spp. * Trichomeriaceae ::'' Arthrocladium'' – 4 spp. ::'' Bacillicladium'' – 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'' – 13 spp. *'' Lichenodiplisiella'' – 1 sp. *'' Melnikomyces'' – 1 sp. *'' Minutoexcipula'' – 7 spp. *'' Muellerella'' – 14 spp. *'' Pleostigma'' – 9 spp. *'' Sarcinomyces'' – 5 spp. *'' Uncispora'' – 3 spp.

References

Eurotiomycetes Ascomycota orders Lichen orders Taxa described in 1987 Taxa named by Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow {{Eurotiomycetes-stub