Chaetosphaeriaceae

The Chaetosphaeriaceae are a family of ascomycetes, which are in a separate order Chaetosphaeriales. The representatives of the family are Saprobionten, often they colonize wood.

Features

Often small, dark perithecia are formed as fruiting bodies. The fruiting bodies are formed at the surface or in the substrate. They are globose to inverted pear-shaped. There are few paraphyses or completely lacking. They are simple and septate. The asci are cylindrical to clavate, unitunicat. A Apikalring is present or absent. The ascospores are ellipsoidal, septate, often translucent ( hyaline ) and have a germ slit. The fruiting bodies are usually associated with hyphomycetischen anamorphs. The conidia arise enteroblastic - phialidic.

System

The family was erected in 1999 and placed in the order Sordariales. In 2004, she was placed in its own order Chaetospaeriales. To the family after Eriksson 2006 include seven genera:

• Ascochalara
• Australiasca
• Chaetosphaeria
• Lecythothecium
• Melanochaeta
• Porosphaerella
• Striatosphaeria

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