German mycologist Heinrich Georg Winter in 1887, introduced family Trichosphaeriaceae with Trichosphaeria as the type genus and seven other astromatic genera.

[13] Réblová in 1999, introduced Coniobrevicolla and placed it in Trichosphaeriaceae based on the characters of peridium, ascal and hamathecium anatomy.

On the basis of morphology of perithecia, asci, ascospores and conidiogenesis, genus Brachysporium was then placed in Trichosphaeriaceae.

However, due to lacking molecular recognition of T. pilosa, the use of Trichosphaeriales in phylogenetic studies was not recommended by Réblová & Gams (2016).

[5] Certain species in this family are coprophilic (dung loving), while other members are saprobic or pathogenic on plants, such as Chrysopogon zizanioides,[20] Arenga engleri,[21] and Ulmus minor.