 | This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: Several genera not listed by Houbraken et al., 2020, but are still connected with the taxon on Mycobank. Their status as legitimate genera, or synonymity with other genera remains to be resolved. (September 2023) |
| Trichocomaceae | |
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| Culture of Penicillium purpurogenum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae E.Fisch. (1897) |
| Type genus | |
| Trichocoma Jungh. (1838)
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| Genera[1] | |
The Trichocomaceae are a family of fungi in the order Eurotiales. Taxa are saprobes with aggressive colonization strategies, adaptable to extreme environmental conditions. Family members are cosmopolitan in distribution, ubiquitous in soil, and common associates of decaying plant and food material.
- ^ Houbraken J, Kocsubé S, Visagie CM, Yulmaz N, Wang XC, Meijer M, Kraak B, Hubka V, Bensch K, Samson RA, Frisvad JC (2020). "Classification of Aspergillus, Penicillium, Talaromyces and related genera (Eurotiales): An overview of families, genera, subgenera, sections, series and species". Studies in Mycology. 95: 5–169. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2020.05.002. PMC 7426331. PMID 32855739. S2CID 221320935.