Chaetosphaeriaceae | |
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Catenularia cubensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Chaetosphaeriales |
Family: | Chaetosphaeriaceae Réblová, M.E.Barr & Samuels (1999) |
Type genus | |
Chaetosphaeria |
The Chaetosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.[1] The family was circumscribed by Martina Réblová, Margaret Elizabeth Barr Bigelow, and Gary Samuels in 1999.[2] Species in the family have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are found in both temperate and tropical climates.[3] Fossils of the Chaetosphaeriaceae are known from the Carboniferous, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene and more recent sediments.[4]