Halosphaeriaceae Explained

The Halosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the Sordariomycetes class, subclass Hypocreomycetidae. Halosphaeriaceae is the family with the largest number of marine fungi with a few species are from freshwater and terrestrial habitats (Jones et al. 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019; Hyde et al. 2020a).

As of 2015, it had 141 species distributed among 59 genera, that had increased to 64 genera in 2020.

Genera

As accepted in 2020;

• Alisea – 1 sp.
• Amphitrite – 1 sp.
• Aniptodera – 21 spp.
• Aniptosporopsis – 1 sp.
• Anisostagma – 1 sp.
• Antennospora – 2 spp.
• Appendichordella – 1 sp.
• Arenariomyces – 5 spp.
• Ascosacculus – 1 sp.
• Bathyascus – 5 spp.
• Buxetroldia – 1 sp.
• Carbosphaerella – 2 spp.
• Ceriosporopsis – 9 spp.
• Chadefaudia – 6 spp.
• Cirrenalia – 15 spp.
• Corallicola – 1 sp.
• Corollospora – 25 spp.
• Cucullosporella – 1 sp.
• Cucurbitinus - 2 spp.
• Ebullia – 1 sp.
• Fluviatispora – 3 spp.
• Gesasha – 3 spp.
• Haiyanga – 1 sp.
• Haligena – 1 sp.
• Halosarpheia – 8 spp.
• Halosphaeria – 1 sp.
• Halosphaeriopsis – 1 sp.
• Havispora – 1 sp.
• Iwilsoniella – 1 sp.
• Kitesporella – 1 sp.
• Kochiella – 1 sp.
• Lautisporopsis – 1 sp.
• Lignincola – 2 spp.
• Limacospora – 1 sp.
• Luttrellia – 4 spp.

• Magnisphaera – 2 spp.
• Marinospora – 2 spp.
• Moana – 1 sp.
• Morakotiella – 1 sp.
• Nais – 3 spp.
• Natantispora – 3 spp.
• Nautosphaeria – 1 sp.
• Neptunella – 1 sp.
• Nereiospora – 2 spp.
• Nimbospora – 1 sp.

• Oceanitis – 4 spp.
• Ocostaspora – 1 sp.
• Okeanomyces – 1 sp.
• Ondiniella – 1 sp.
• Ophiodeira – 1 sp.
• Panorbis – 1 sp.
• Paraaniptodera – 1 sp.
• Phaeonectriella – 1 sp.
• Pileomyces – 1 sp.
• Praelongicaulis – 1 sp.
• Pseudolignincola – 1 sp.
• Remispora – 5 spp.
• Saagaromyces – 3 spp.
• Sablicola – 1 sp.

• Thalassogena – 1 sp.
• Thalespora – 1 sp.
• Tinhaudeus – 1 sp.
• Tirispora – 1 sp.
• Toriella – 1 sp.
• Trailia – 1 sp.
• Trichomaris – 1 sp.
• Tubakiella – 1 sp.
• Tunicatispora – 1 sp.