Nectriaceae Explained

The Nectriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales. The group was first circumscribed in 1865 by the French mycologists Charles and Louis Tulasne.

According to a 2020 taxonomic review published in the journal Mycosphere, the family comprised 70 recognized genera and approximately 1,336 species.^[1]

It is a highly diverse group with a worldwide distribution and it has higher diversity in warm temperate and tropical regions (Rossman et al. 1999;^[2] Rossman 2000; Chaverri et al. 2011, Schroers et al. 2011,^[3] Hyde et al. 2014, Lombard et al. 2015,^[4]). Several authors have studied and revised the taxonomy of Nectriaceae (Petch 1938;^[5] Munk 1957; Dennis 1960; Kreisel 1969; Rossman et al. 1999;^[2] Lumbsch and Huhndorf 2010; Lombard et al. 2015; Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016b).^[6] A recent treatment of Nectriaceae was provided by Wijayawardene et al. (2022), they also accepted 70 genera within the family.

List of genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020; (with number of species)^[1]

Albonectria (1)
Allantonectria (1)
Allonectella (2)
Aphanocladium (4)
Aquanectria (3)
Atractium (3)
Baipadisphaeria (1)
Bisifusarium (7)
Calonectria (400)
Calostilbe (4)
Campylocarpon (3)
Chaetonectrioides (1)
Chaetopsina (19)
Coccinonectria (2)
Corallomycetella (4)
Corallonectria (1)
Corinectria (3)
Cosmospora (50)
Cosmosporella (1)
Curvicladiella (1)
Cyanochyta (1)
Cyanonectria (2)
Cyanophomella (1)
Cylindrocladiella (45)
Cylindrodendrum (4)
Dacryoma (2)
Dactylonectria (14)
Dematiocladium (2)
Fusarium (ca. 120)
Fusicolla (18)
Geejayessia (7)
Gibberella
Gliocephalotrichum (13)
Gliocladiopsis (15)
Glionectria (1)
Haematonectria
Ilyonectria (23)
Macroconia (5)
Mariannaea (22)
Microcera (4)
Murinectria (4)
Nalanthamala (6)
Nectria (29)
Nectricladiella
Neocalonectria (1)
Neocosmospora (84)
Neonectria (30)
Neothyronectria (2)
Ophionectria (39)
Pandanaceomyces (1)
Paracremonium (5)
Payosphaeria (1)
Penicillifer (7)
Persiciospora (4)
Pleiocarpon (3)
Pleogibberella (3)
Pleurocolla (1)
Pseudoachroiostachys (1)
Pseudocosmospora (13)
Pseudonectria (17)
Rectifusarium (2)
Rubrinectria (1)
Rugonectria (5)
Sarcopodium (22)
Stylonectria (5)
Thelonectria (46)
Thyronectria (41)
Varicosporella (1)
Varicosporellopsis (1)
Volutella (127)
Xenoacremonium (2)
Xenocylindrocladium (3)
Xenogliocladiopsis (2)
Xenoleptographium (1)
Xenonectriella (18)

Notes and References

6 . Wijayawardene . Nalin . Hyde . Kevin . Laith Khalil Tawfeeq . Al-Ani . Somayeh . Dolatabadi . Stadler . Marc . Haelewaters . Danny . Tsurykau . Andrei . Mesic . Armin . Navathe . Sudhir . Papp . Viktor . Oliveira Fiuza . Patrícia . Vázquez . Víctor . Gautam . Ajay . Becerra . Alejandra G. . Ekanayaka . Anusha . K. C. . Rajeshkumar . Bezerra . Jadson . Matočec . Neven . Maharachchikumbura . Sajeewa . Suetrong . Satinee . 2020 . Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa . Mycosphere . 11 . 1060–1456 . 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . free. 10481/61998 . free .
Rossman . A.Y. . Samuels . G.J. . Rogerson . C.T. . Lowen . R. . Genera of Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes). . Stud. Mycol. . 1999 . 42 . 1–260.
Schroers . H.J. . Gräfenhan . T. . Nirenberg . H.I. . Seifert . K.A. . Stud. Mycol. . 2011 . 68 . A revision of Cyanonectria and Geejayessia gen. nov., and related species with Fusarium-like anamorphs. . 115–138. 10.3114/sim.2011.68.05 . 21523191 . 3065987 .
Lombard . L. . Van der Merwe . N.A. . Groenewald . J.Z. . Crous . P.W. . Generic concepts in Nectriaceae. . Stud. Mycol. . 2015 . 80 . 189–245. 10.1016/j.simyco.2014.12.002 . 26955195 . 4779799 .
Petch . T. . British Hypocreales. . Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. . 1938 . 21 . 3–4 . 243–301. 10.1016/S0007-1536(38)80026-7 .
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