Bionectriaceae

The Bionectriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales. A 2008 estimate places 35 genera and 281 species in the family.^[1] Species in the family tend to grow on plant material, including woody debris, while some species associate with algae, bryophytes, or other fungi.^[2]

Genera

This is a list of the genera in the Bionectriaceae, based on a 2022 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues.^[3] Following the genus name is the taxonomic authority (those who first circumscribed the genus; standardized author abbreviations are used), year of publication, and the number of species:

• Acremonium Link (1809) – ca. 150
• Anthonectria Döbbeler (2010) – 1 sp.
• Aphanotria Döbbeler (2007) – 1 sp.
• Battarrina (Sacc.) Clem. & Shear (1931) – 1 sp.
• Bryocentria Döbbeler (2004) – 15 spp.
• Bryotria Döbbeler & P.G.Davison (2017) – 2 spp.
• Bullanockia Crous (2016) – 1 sp.
• Chrysonectria Lechat & J.Fourn. (2018) – 1 sp.
• Clibanites (P.Karst.) P.Karst. (1871) – 1 sp.
• Clonostachys Corda (1839) – 78 spp.
• Dimerosporiella Speg. (1908) – 8 spp.
• Fusariella Sacc. (1884) – 17 spp.
• Geonectria Lechat & J.Fourn. (2018) – 1 sp.
• Geosmithia Pitt (1979) – 24 spp.
• Gliomastix Guég. (1905) – 24 spp.
• Globonectria Etayo (2002) – 1 sp.
• Gracilistilbella Seifert (2000) – 4 spp.
• Halonectria E.B.G.Jones (1965) – 1 sp.
• Heleococcum C.A.Jørg. (1922) – 5 spp.
• Hydropisphaera Dumort. (1822) – 29 spp.
• Ijuhya Starbäck (1889) – 22 spp.
• Kallichroma Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm. (1993) – 4 spp.
• Lasionectria (Sacc.) Cooke (1884) – 23 spp.
• Mycoarachis Malloch & Cain (1970) – 2 spp.
• Mycocitrus A.Møller (1901) – 3 spp.
• Nectriella Nitschke ex Fuckel (1870) – 84 spp.
• Nectriopsis Maire (1911) – 70 spp.
• Ochronectria Rossman & Samuels (1999) – 3 spp.
• Ovicuculispora Etayo (2010)^[4] – 2 spp.
• Paranectria Sacc. (1878) – 4 spp.
• Periantria Döbbeler & P.G.Davison (2017) – 2 spp.
• Peristomialis (W.Phillips) Boud. (1907) – 6 spp.
• Pronectria Clem. (1931) – 44 spp.
• Protocreopsis Yoshim.Doi (1977) – 12 spp.
• Roumegueriella Speg. (1880) – 4 spp.
• Selinia P.Karst. (1876) – 6 spp.
• Stephanonectria Schroers & Samuels (1999) – 1 sp.
• Stilbocrea Pat. (1900) – 7 spp.
• Stromatonectria Jaklitsch & Voglmayr (2011) – 1 sp.
• Synnemellisia N.K.Rao, Manohar. & Goos (1989) – 2 spp.
• Trichonectria Kirschst. (1906) – 19 spp.
• Verrucostoma Hirooka, Tak.Kobay. & P.Chaverri (2010)^[5] – 2 spp.
• Xanthonectria J.Fourn. & P.-A.Moreau (2016) – 1 sp.

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