{{Short description|Family of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Scopulariopsis brevicaulis.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Scopulariopsis brevicaulis]]'' | taxon = Microascaceae | authority = [[Everet Stanley Luttrell|Luttr.]] ex Malloch (1970) | type_genus = ''Microascus'' | type_genus_authority = [[Zukal]] (1886) | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = }}

The '''Microascaceae''' are a [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] of [[fungi]] in the class [[Sordariomycetes]], subclass [[Hypocreomycetidae]].<ref name="OoA"/> The family was published by David Malloch in 1970, an emended description based on [[Everet Stanley Luttrell]]'s original 1951 publication,<ref name="Malloch 1970"/> and reassessed in 2020.<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020"/>

==Description== Microascaceae species have spherical to irregularly shaped, darkly colored [[ascocarp|fruit bodies]]. They are usually hairy and rarely smooth. The smooth [[ascospore|spores]] are reddish brown to copper colored, one-celled, and have a [[germ pore]] at one or both ends. [[Ascus|Asci]] can occur singly or in chains.<ref name="Malloch 1970"/>

==Genera== As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020 (with number of species);<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020"/> {{div col}} *''[[Acaulium]]'' {{Au|Sopp}} (4) <!-- *''[[Ascosubramania]]'' listed in Species Fungorum but not in Outline--> <!-- *''[[Anekabeeja]]'' --> *''[[Brachyconidiellopsis]]'' {{Au|Decock, R.F. Castañeda & Adhikari}} (1) *''[[Canariomyces]]'' {{Au|Arx}} (3) *''[[Cephalotrichum]]'' {{Au|Link}} (37) - anamorph *''[[Doratomyces]]'' {{Au|Corda}} (3) *''[[Echinobotryum]]'' {{Au|Corda}} (2) *''[[Enterocarpus]]'' {{Au|Locq.-Lin.}} (2) *''[[Fairmania]]'' {{Au|Sacc.}} (1) *''[[Gamsia]]'' {{Au|M. Morelet}} (5) <!-- *''[[Graphium (fungus)|Graphium]]'' listed in Species Fungorum but not in Outline --> *''[[Kernia]]'' {{Au|Nieuwl.}} (14) *''[[Lomentospora]]'' {{Au|Hennebert & B.G. Desai}} (1) *''[[Lophotrichus]]'' {{Au|R.K. Benj.}} (8) *''[[Microascus]]'' {{Au|Zukal}} (60) *''[[Parascedosporium]]'' {{Au|Gilgado, Gené, Cano & Guarro}} (2) *''[[Petriella]]'' {{Au|Curzi}} (8) <!-- *''[[Pithoascus]]'' listed in Species Fungorum but not in Outline --> *''[[Pseudallescheria]]'' {{Au|Negroni & I. Fisch.}} (8) *''[[Pseudoscopulariopsis]]'' {{Au|Sand.-Den., Gené & Guarro}} (2) <!-- *''[[Rhexographium]]'' listed in Species Fungorum but not in Outline --> *''[[Rhinocladium]]'' {{Au|Sacc. & Marchal}} (11) *''[[Scedosporium]]'' {{Au|Sacc. ex Castell. & Chalm.}} (12) *''[[Scopulariopsis]]'' {{Au|Bainier}} (87) - anamorph <!-- *''[[Trichurus]]'' synonym of Cephalotrichum --> *''[[Wardomyces]]'' {{Au|F.T. Brooks & Hansf.}} (11) *''[[Wardomycopsis]]'' {{Au|Udagawa & Furuya}} (5) *''[[Yunnania]]'' {{Au|H.Z. Kong}} (3) {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Malloch 1970">{{cite journal |author=Malloch D. |title=New concepts in the Microascaceae illustrated by two species |journal=Mycologia |year=1970 |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=727–40 (see p.&nbsp;734) |doi=10.2307/3757662 |jstor=3757662 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0062/004/0734.htm|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

<ref name="OoA">{{cite journal|last=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |archivedate=2009-03-18 }}</ref>

<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2020">{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |last1=Wijayawardene |first1=Nalin |last2=Hyde |first2=Kevin |first3=Laith Khalil Tawfeeq |last3=Al-Ani |last4=Somayeh |first4=Dolatabadi |last5=Stadler |first5=Marc |last6=Haelewaters |first6=Danny |last7=Tsurykau |first7=Andrei |last8=Mesic |first8=Armin |last9=Navathe |first9=Sudhir |last10=Papp |first10=Viktor |last11=Oliveira Fiuza |first11=Patrícia |last12=Vázquez |first12=Víctor |last13=Gautam |first13=Ajay |last14=Becerra |first14=Alejandra G. |last15=Ekanayaka |first15=Anusha |last16=K. C. |first16=Rajeshkumar |last17=Bezerra |first17=Jadson |last18=Matočec |first18=Neven |last19=Maharachchikumbura |first19=Sajeewa |last20=Suetrong |first20=Satinee |year=2020 |title=Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa |journal=Mycosphere |volume=11 |pages=1060–1456 |doi=10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 |doi-access=free|hdl=11336/151990 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{commons-inline}} *{{Wikispecies-inline}} *{{Mycobank|81001}}

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[[Category:Ascomycota families]] [[Category:Microascales]]