The Hypocreaceae are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

within the class

Sordariomycetes Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the Latin sordes (filth) because some species grow in animal feces, though growth habit ...

. Species of Hypocreaceae are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial

ascomata An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mo ...

, typically yellow, orange or red. The family was proposed by

Giuseppe De Notaris Giuseppe De Notaris (18 April 1805, Milan – 22 January 1877) was an Italian botanist generally known for his work with cryptogams native to Italy. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia, obtaining his medical degree in 1830. Having deve ...

in 1844. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family has 22

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

and 454 species.

Genera

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Acrostalagmus ''Acrostalagmus'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hypocreaceae The Hypocreaceae are a family (biology), family within the class Sordariomycetes. Species of Hypocreaceae are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial ...

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Cladobotryum ''Cladobotryum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae The Hypocreaceae are a family (biology), family within the class Sordariomycetes. Species of Hypocreaceae are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial Ascocarp, ...

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Gliocladium ''Gliocladium''Corda (1840) ''Icon. fung. (Prague)'' 4: 30. is an asexual fungal genus in the Hypocreaceae. Certain other species including ''Gliocladium virens'' were recently transferred to the genus ''Trichoderma'' and ''G. roseum'' became '' ...

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Hypocrea ''Hypocrea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 171 species that grow on rotten wood, and are often associated with other fungi. Anamorphic genera associated with ''Hypocrea'' include ''Ac ...

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Hypocreopsis ''Hypocreopsis'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi that form stromata on the stems of trees and shrubs. The stromata are orange-brown and consist of radiating, perithecial lobes. Species The genus includes three species: *''Hypocreopsis amplectens' ...

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Hypomyces ''Hypomyces'' is a genus of parasitic ascomycete 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 ...

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Mycogone ''Mycogone'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hypocreaceae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the worl ...

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Podostroma ''Podostroma'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae. It was circumscribed by the Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi o ...

'' *'' Protocrea'' *'' Rogersonia'' *'' Sarawakus'' *'' Sepedonium'' *'' Sphaerostilbella'' *'' Sporophagomyces'' *'' Stephanoma'' *''

Trichoderma ''Trichoderma'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae that is present in all soils, where they are the most prevalent culturable fungi. Many species in this genus can be characterized as opportunistic avirulent plant symbionts. This ref ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3144255 Ascomycota families Taxa named by Giuseppe De Notaris Taxa described in 1844