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The Glomosporiaceae are a family of fungi, in the order Urocystidales. As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.

History
The family was established in 1963, to hold the type genus of Glomosporium.

The family contained 4 genera (Glomosporium, Kochmania , Sorosporium , and Thecaphora ) and about 105 species. Until being revised to just 1 genus Thecaphora with about 61 species.

Glomosporium, a former genus of fungi, formerly placed in the family Glomosporiaceae. The genus was first described by Kochman in 1939, with the type species of Glomosporium leptideum. The genus was later absorbed into the genus Thecaphora in 2008.