[1] Since then, a considerable number of further taxa have been identified, including an additional family, the Stachybotryaceae.

[3] According to the Catalog of Life, As of April 2021[update] the Hypocreales contains 6 families, 137 genera, and 1411 species.

Earlier, Hyde et al. (2020a) had placed Cylindriaceae in class Xylariomycetidae.

Xiao et al. (2022) recently introduced a new family Polycephalomycetaceae to Hypocreales.

[8] Species of Hypocreales are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial ascomata, or spore-producing structures.