The Trichocomaceae are a family of fungi in the order Eurotiales. Taxa are saprobes with aggressive colonization strategies, adaptable to extreme environmental conditions. Family members are cosmopolitan in distribution, ubiquitous in soil, and common associates of decaying plant and food material. The family contains some of the most familiar fungi, such as Penicillium and Aspergillus. It has been proposed that the family should be split into the three families Aspergillaceae, Thermoascaceae and Trichocomaceae. Genera Aspergillus Byssochlamys Capsulotheca Chaetosartorya Chaetotheca Chromocleista Citromyces Cristaspora Dendrosphaera Dichlaena Dichotomomyces Edyuillia Emericella Erythrogymnotheca Eupenicillium Eurotium Fennellia Hamigera Hemicarpenteles Neocarpenteles Neopetromyces Neosartorya Paecilomyces Penicilliopsis Penicillium Petromyces Phialosimplex Rasamsonia Sagenoma Sagenomella Sclerocleista Sphaeromyces Stilbodendron Talaromyces Thermoascus Torulomyces Trichocoma Warcupiella mitosporic Trichocomaceae References Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. CABI: Singapore. 456 pp. Pitt JL, Samson RA, Frisvad JC. (2000). List of accepted species and their synonyms in the family Trichocomaceae. Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification (Amsterdam): 9–49. External links Ascomycota families Taxa described in 1897