Chaetothyriales

The Chaetothyriales are an order of ascomycetous fungi in the class Eurotiomycetes and within the subclass Chaetothyriomycetidae. The order was circumscribed in 1987 by mycologist Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow.

Families and genera
, Species Fungorum includes 9 families, 97 genera, and 691 species in the Chaetothyriales. The following list shows the families, genera, and number of species in the Chaetothyriales, adapted from a recent (2020) taxonomic and nomenclatural review of the order.
 * Chaetothyriaceae Hansf. ex M.E.Barr (1979)


 * Actinocymbe – 3 spp.
 * Aithaloderma – 12 spp.
 * Aphanophora – 1 sp.
 * Arthrophiala – 1 sp.
 * Camptophora – 2 spp.
 * Ceramothyrium – 39 spp.
 * Ceratocarpia – 3 spp.
 * Chaetothyriomyces – 1 sp.
 * Chaetothyrium – 67 spp.
 * Cyphellophoriella – 1 sp.
 * Euceramia – 3 spp.
 * Longihyalospora – 2 spp.
 * Microcallis – 9spp.
 * Nullicamyces – 1 sp.
 * Phaeosaccardinula – 41 spp.
 * Stanhughesia – 4 sp.
 * Treubiomyces – 7 spp.
 * Vonarxia – 2 spp.
 * Yatesula – 2 spp.


 * Coccodiniaceae Höhn. ex O.E.Erikss. (1981)
 * Coccodinium – 4 spp.
 * Dennisiella – 9 spp.
 * Limacinula – 17 spp.


 * Cyphellophoraceae Réblová & Unter. (2013)
 * Anthopsis – 3 spp.
 * Cyphellophora – 25 spp.


 * Epibryaceae S.Stenroos & Gueidan (2014)
 * Epibryon – 47 spp.


 * Herpotrichiellaceae Munk (1953)
 * Aculeata – 1 sp.
 * Atrokylindriopsis – 1 sp.
 * Brycekendrickomyces – 1 sp.
 * Capronia – ca. 81 spp.
 * Cladophialophora – 41 spp.
 * Exophiala – 59 spp.
 * Fonsecaea – 16 spp.
 * Marinophialophora – 1 sp.
 * Melanoctona – 1 sp.
 * Metulocladosporiella – 6 spp.
 * Minimelanolocus – 34 spp.
 * Phialophora – 7 spp.
 * Pleomelogramma – 2 spp.
 * Rhinocladiella – 21 spp.
 * Sorocybe – 3 spp.
 * Thysanorea – 14 spp.
 * Veronaea – 20 spp.


 * Lyrommataceae Lücking (2008)
 * Lyromma – 7 spp.


 * Microtheliopsidaceae O.E.Erikss. (1981)
 * Microtheliopsis – 4 spp.


 * Paracladophialophoraceae Crous (2018)
 * Paracladophialophora – 2 spp.


 * Pyrenotrichaceae Zahlbr (1926)
 * Pyrenothrix – 2 spp.
 * Neophaeococcomyces – 4 spp.


 * Trichomeriaceae Chomnunti & K.D.Hyde (2013)
 * Arthrocladium – 4 spp.
 * Bacillicladium – 1 sp.
 * Bradymyces – 3 spp.
 * Knufia – 14 spp.
 * Lithohypha – 1 sp.
 * Neostrelitziana – 1 sp.
 * Strelitziana – 8 spp.
 * Trichomerium – 36 spp.

Genera incertae sedis
Several genera have been included in the Chaetothyriales although their familial placement is unknown. These include:
 * Lichenodiplis Dyko & D.Hawksw. (1979) – 13 spp.
 * Lichenodiplisiella S.Y.Kondr. & Kudratov (2002) – 1 sp.
 * Melnikomyces Crous & U.Braun – 1 sp.
 * Minutoexcipula V.Atienza & D.Hawksw. (1994) – 7 spp.
 * Muellerella Hepp ex Müll. Arg. (1862) – 14 spp.
 * Pleostigma Kirschst. (1939) – 9 spp.
 * Sarcinomyces Lindner (1898) – 5 spp.
 * Uncispora R.C.Sinclair & Morgan-Jones (1979) – 3 spp.