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]
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.[5]
Former genera Australiasca now within Australiascaceae family and Porosphaerella now within Cordanaceae family.
The Chaetosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes. The family was circumscribed by Martina Réblová, Margaret Elizabeth Barr Bigelow, and Gary Samuels in 1999. Species in the family have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are found in both temperate and tropical climates. Fossils of the Chaetosphaeriaceae are known from the Carboniferous, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene and more recent sediments.