The family
Sporocadaceae was established by Corda in 1842 with the type genus of
Sporocadus. The order of
Amphisphaeriales was resurrected by Senanayake et al. (2015), to include
Amphisphaeriaceae,
Clypeosphaeriaceae and another four novel families derived from
Amphisphaeriaceae (
Bartaliniaceae,
Discosiaceae,
Pestalotiopsidaceae and
Phlogicylindriaceae). However, the fungal sequence dataset as used in Senanayake et al. (2015), synonymised
Bartaliniaceae,
Discosiaceae,
Pestalotiopsidaceae and
Robillardaceae, and then revived the older family name of
Sporocadaceae to accommodate them (Crous et al. 2015). Because genera in this family of fungi share the same evolutionary history, it is unlikely that the diversity of
secondary metabolites detected in
Pestalotiopsis is an exception within the family. Therefore, a large number of potential novel metabolites might be hidden and await discovery. The natural classification system proposed for
Sporocadaceae in this study could thus present a major step to screen for novel metabolites in future studies. ==Description==