Coniochaetales
The Coniochaetaceae are a family of ascomycetes, which are in a separate order Coniochaetales. The representatives grow on wood, dung or soil.
Features
They usually have small perithecia as fruiting bodies. These are formed on the surface or inside the substrate. Its shape is spherical to pear-shaped wrong. The opening of the perithecium ( ostiole ) may be present or absent. The paraphyses are septate and ply. The asci are spherical, club-shaped or cylindrical, are unitunicat and have no Apikalring. The ascospores are brown, elloipsoidisch to disc shaped and one-celled; most have a germ slit. The relatively simple structure of the fruiting bodies can easily lead to confusion with representatives of Chaetosphaeriales or Sordariales.
The known anamorphs are placed in the genus Lecythophora, phialidic hyphomycetes.
System
The family was placed in the order Sordariales until recently. However, it is a separate line of development and in 2004 was of chicken Strand et al. placed in its own order. This family includes eight genera:
- Ascot Richella
- Barrina
- Coniochaeta
- Coniochaetidium
- Coniolaria
- Ephemeroascus
- Poroconiochaeta
- Synaptospora