The Trichocomaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the order
Eurotiales
The Eurotiales are an order of sac fungi, also known as the green and blue molds. It was circumscribed in 1980. Classification
Currently the order Eurotiales contains 5 families, 28 genera and 1280 species:
*Family Aspergillaceae Monascaceae ...
. Taxa are
saprobe
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s with aggressive colonization strategies, adaptable to extreme environmental conditions. Family members are
cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan may refer to:
Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
in distribution, ubiquitous in soil, and common associates of decaying plant and food material. The family contains some of the most familiar fungi, such as ''
Penicillium
''Penicillium'' () is a genus of ascomycetous fungi that is part of the mycobiome of many species and is of major importance in the natural environment, in food spoilage, and in food and drug production.
Some members of the genus produce pe ...
'' and ''
Aspergillus
' () is a genus consisting of several hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide.
''Aspergillus'' was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli. Viewing the fungi under a microscope, Miche ...
''. It has been proposed that the family should be split into the three families Aspergillaceae, Thermoascaceae and Trichocomaceae.
Genera
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Aspergillus
' () is a genus consisting of several hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide.
''Aspergillus'' was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli. Viewing the fungi under a microscope, Miche ...
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Byssochlamys''
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Capsulotheca''
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Chaetosartorya''
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Chaetotheca''
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Chromocleista''
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Citromyces''
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Cristaspora''
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Dendrosphaera''
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Dichlaena''
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Dichotomomyces''
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Edyuillia''
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Emericella''
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Erythrogymnotheca''
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Eupenicillium''
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Eurotium
''Eurotium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Trichocomaceae
The Trichocomaceae are a family of fungi in the order Eurotiales. Taxa are saprobes with aggressive colonization strategies, adaptable to extreme environmental condition ...
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Fennellia''
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Hamigera''
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Hemicarpenteles''
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Neocarpenteles''
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Neopetromyces''
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Neosartorya''
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Paecilomyces
''Paecilomyces'' is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "'' Paecilomyces fumosoroseus''" have now been placed in the genus ''Isaria'': in the order Hypocreale ...
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Penicilliopsis''
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Penicillium
''Penicillium'' () is a genus of ascomycetous fungi that is part of the mycobiome of many species and is of major importance in the natural environment, in food spoilage, and in food and drug production.
Some members of the genus produce pe ...
''
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Petromyces''
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Phialosimplex''
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Rasamsonia''
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Sagenoma''
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Sagenomella''
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Sclerocleista''
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Sphaeromyces''
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Stilbodendron''
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Talaromyces
''Talaromyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Trichocomaceae. Described in 1955 by American mycologist Chester Ray Benjamin, species in the genus form soft, cottony fruit bodies (ascocarps) with cell walls made of tightly interwoven hyphae. ...
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Thermoascus
''Thermoascus'' is a genus of soil fungi in the family Trichocomaceae. Species in the genus are characterized by the production of heat-resistant ascospores. ''Thermoascus'' was circumscribed by German botanist Hugo Miehe in 1907.
The type spe ...
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Torulomyces''
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Trichocoma''
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Warcupiella''
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mitosporic Trichocomaceae
References
*Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). ''Fungal Families of the World''. CABI: Singapore. 456 pp.
*Pitt JL, Samson RA, Frisvad JC. (2000). List of accepted species and their synonyms in the family ''Trichocomaceae''. ''Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification'' (Amsterdam): 9–49.
External links
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Ascomycota families
Taxa described in 1897
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