See text The Coniochaeta are a genus of pleomorphic yeasts of the order Coniochaetales and are pathogens of trees.

[1] Some species have also been found to form endophytic associations within plants in which they live inside plant tissues but do not actually harm the organism.

[2] They can take the form of pink to brown colonies, hyphae, conidiophores or sclerotia.

In 2013, the Lecythophora were merged with the Coniochaeta, following suggestions by Ziauddin Khan et al.[3] The Coniochaeta have been described as typically associated with wood, water, and soil.

[6] Other members of the Coniochaeta, most commonly Coniochaeta polymorpha, can cause clinical infections in immunocompromised individuals,[3] which has increased recent interest in the genus.