Trichocomaceae Explained

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.

Taxonomy

When first described, the family contained some of the most familiar fungi, such as Penicillium and Aspergillus. In 2011, it was proposed, that the family should be split into the three families Aspergillaceae, Thermoascaceae and Trichocomaceae.^[1]

In an updated phylogeny of the Eurotiales published in 2020, there were 8 genera included in the Trichocomaceae. Several more genera are connected to the Trichocomaceae in the Mycobank database, some of which await clarification of their standing.^[2]

• Aspergillopsis
• Chaetosartorya
• Chaetotheca
• Cladosarum
• Cleistosoma
• Edyuillia
• Hemisartorya
• Neocarpenteles
• Neopetromyces
• Neosartorya
• Petromyces
• Phialosimplex
• Polypaecilum
• Redaellia
• Sagonema
• Sphaeromyces
• Sporophormis
• Stilbodendron
• Stilbothamnium
• mitosporic Trichocomaceae

References

• Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. CABI: Singapore. 456 pp.
• Pitt JL, Samson RA, Frisvad JC. (2000). List of accepted species and their synonyms in the family Trichocomaceae. Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification (Amsterdam): 9 - 49.

Notes and References

1. Phylogeny of Penicillium and the segregation of Trichocomaceae into three families. 2011. Houbraken. J.. Samson. R. A.. Studies in Mycology. 70. 1. 1–51. 22308045. 10.3114/sim.2011.70.01. 3233907.
2. Page Trichocomaceae on Web site: Mycobank . . 2023-09-20.