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.

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; Rossman 2000; Chaverri et al. 2011, Schroers et al. 2011, Hyde et al. 2014, Lombard et al. 2015,). Several authors have studied and revised the taxonomy of Nectriaceae (Petch 1938; Munk 1957; Dennis 1960; Kreisel 1969; Rossman et al. 1999; Lumbsch and Huhndorf 2010; Lombard et al. 2015; Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016b). 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)

• 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)

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