Synonym and Classification Data for Chaetomium spp.

This genus is an ascomycetous mould. It is generally classified as a dematiaceous (dark-walled) fungus. See also the detailed description page for this genus.

Species in this genus

  • Chaetomium atrobrunneum

    C. fusisporale is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    C. rectopilium is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Chaetomium caprophilum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of C. globosum

  • Chaetomium cinnamomeum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of C. globosum

  • Chaetomium coccodes (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Colletotrichum coccodes

  • Chaetomium funicola
  • Chaetomium fusisporale (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of C. atrobrunneum

  • Chaetomium globosum

    C. caprophilum is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    C. cinnamomeum is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Chaetomium piluliferum

    This species is a teleomorph of Botryotrichum piluliferum

  • Chaetomium rectopilium (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of C. atrobrunneum

  • Chaetomium spinulosum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of C. strumarium

  • Chaetomium strumarium

    Achaetomium cristalliferum is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    Achaetomium strumarium is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    C. spinulosum is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    C. sulphureum is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Chaetomium sulphureum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of C. strumarium