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In this paper we revisit the family Tubeufiaceae with notes on genera that we have re-examined where possible. Generic type specimens of Acanthophiobolus, Kamalomyces, Podonectria, Thaxteriella and Thaxteriellopsis were re-examined, described and illustrated and shown to belong to Tubeufiaceae. Notes are provided on Acanthostigma, Chaetosphaerulina, Thaxterina and Tubeufia, which are retained in Tubeufiaceae; however, we were unable to locate the types of these genera during the time frame of this study. Allonecte is excluded from the Tubeufiaceae, as the ascospores are fusiform-ellipsoidal, grey-brown and 1-septate and the asci are cylindrical, all of which are features more typical of Pleosporaceae, where it is transferred. Byssocallis has yellow to orange ascomata and clavate ascospores which is atypical of Tubeufiaceae. Thus its taxonomic status needs to be reevaluated …