see text The Hypocreaceae are a family within the class Sordariomycetes.
Species are recognisable by their brightly coloured perithecial ascomata, typically yellow, orange or red.
The family was proposed by Giuseppe De Notaris in 1844.
[1] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the family has 22 genera and 454 species.
[2] In 2020, it was re-analysed and determined to have only 17 genera and about 658 species.