Myxotrichaceae

Myxotrichaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Subkingdom:	Dikarya
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Subphylum:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Subclass:	Eurotiomycetidae
Order:	Onygenales
Family:	Myxotrichaceae Locq. ex Currah (1985)

Myxotrichaceae is a family of fungi. Recent phylogenetic analysis suggests that the family's traditional classification in the order Onygenales is incorrect, and that it should be placed with the Leotiomycetes class.^[1]

Genera

• Byssoascus
• Geomyces
• Malbranchea
• Myxotrichum
• Oidiodendron
• Pseudogymnoascus

References

1. ^ Wang Z, Binder M, Schoch CL, Johnston PR, Spatafora JW, Hibbett DS. (2006). Evolution of helotialean fungi (Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina): A nuclear rDNA phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(2): 295-312.