Chaetosphaerellaceae

{{Short description|Family of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image =Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma.jpg

| image_caption = Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma

| taxon = Chaetosphaerellaceae

| authority = Huhndorf

| type_genus = Chaetosphaerella

| type_genus_authority = E.Müll. & C.Booth

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

}}

The Chaetosphaerellaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.{{cite journal|vauthors=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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |archive-date=2009-03-18 }} The family was described in 2004.{{cite journal |vauthors=Huhndorf SM, Miller AN, Fernandez FA |year=2004 |title=Molecular systematics of the Coronophorales and new species of Bertia, Lasiobertia and Nitschkia |journal=Mycological Research |volume=108 |issue=12 |pages=1384–1398 |doi= 10.1017/S0953756204001273}} Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and are found in both temperate and tropical areas, where they grow saprobically on fallen wood.{{cite book |vauthors=Cannon PF, Kirk PM |title=Fungal Families of the World |publisher=CABI|location=Wallingford |year=2007 |pages=64–65 |isbn=978-0-85199-827-5}}