Helotiaceae

{{Short description|Family of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Bisporella citrina 59079.jpg

| image_caption = Bisporella citrina

| taxon = Helotiaceae

| authority = Rehm

| type_genus = Helotium

| type_genus_authority = Pers.

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

}}

The Helotiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Helotiales. The distribution of species in the family are widespread, and typically found in tropical areas.{{cite book |vauthors=Cannon PF, Kirk PM|title=Fungal Families of the World |publisher=CABI|location=Wallingford |year=2007 |pages=155–56 |isbn=978-0-85199-827-5}} There are 117 genera and 826 species in the family.{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford |year=2008|pages=309–10|isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

A question mark after the genus name means that according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the placement of that genus in this family is uncertain.{{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 }}

{{horizontal TOC}}