Coniochaetales

Coniochaetales
Coniochaeta burtii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
Order: Coniochaetales
Huhndorf, A.N.Mill. & F.A.Fern. (2004)
Families

The Coniochaetales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes.[1] This order was monotypic and contained a single family, the Coniochaetaceae, historically placed in the order Sordariales.[2] However, this taxonomic placement has been challenged by other authorities, and the Coniochaetales was proposed to include the family Coniochaetaceae.[3] In 2020, family Cordanaceae (with its monotypic genus Cordana Preuss and various species) was added to the order.[4]

Species in this family are characterized by having germ-slits in the ascospores, a morphological feature that distinguishes them from species in the Sordariaceae.[5] Phylogenetic research in 2006 revealed that four genera in the family Coniochaetaceae, Coniochaeta, Coniochaetidium, Ephemeroascus, and Poroconiochaeta, were not monophyletic, and were all made synonymous with Coniochaeta.[5]

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  3. ^ Huhndorf SM, Miller AN, Fernández FA (2004). "Molecular systematics of the Sordariales: the order and the family Lasiosphaeriaceae redefined". Mycologia. 96 (2): 368–87. doi:10.2307/3762068. JSTOR 3762068. PMID 21148859.
  4. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  5. ^ a b García D, Stchigel AM, Cano J, Calduch M, Hawksworth DL, Guarro J (2006). "Molecular phylogeny of Coniochaetales". Mycological Research. 110 (Pt 11): 1271–89. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2006.07.007. PMID 17081739.