Sordariomycetes

Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the Latin sordes (filth) because some species grow in animal feces, though growth habits vary widely across the class. Sordariomycetes generally produce their asci in perithecial fruiting bodies. Sordariomycetes are also known as Pyrenomycetes, from the Greek πυρἠν - 'the stone of a fruit' - because of the usually somewhat tough texture of their tissue. Sordariomycetes possess great variability in morphology, growth form, and habitat. Most have perithecial (flask-shaped) fruiting bodies, but ascomata can be less frequently cleistothecial (like in the genera Anixiella, Apodus, Boothiella, Thielavia, Zopfiella),. Fruiting bodies may be solitary or gregarious, superficial, or immersed within stromata or tissues of the substrates and can be light to bright or black. Members of this group can grow in soil, dung, leaf litter, and decaying wood as decomposers, as well as being fungal parasites, and insect, human, and plant pathogens. These 108 genera within the Sordariomycetes have an uncertain taxonomic placement (incertae sedis), according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota. A question mark preceding the genus name means the placement of that genus within this order is uncertain. Abyssomyces –Acerbiella –Acrospermoides –Ameromassaria –Amphisphaerellula –Amphisphaerina –Amphorulopsis –Amylis –Anthostomaria –Anthostomellina –Apharia –Apodothina –Apogaeumannomyces –Aquadulciospora –Aquamarina –Aropsiclus –Ascorhiza –Ascoyunnania –Assoa –Aulospora –Azbukinia –Bactrosphaeria –Barrina –Biporispora –Bombardiastrum –Brenesiella –Byrsomyces –Byssotheciella –Caleutypa –Calosphaeriopsis –Caproniella –Chaetoamphisphaeria –Ciliofusospora –Clypeoceriospora –Clypeosphaerulina –Cryptoascus –Cryptomycina –Cryptovalsa –Cucurbitopsis –Curvatispora –Dasysphaeria –Delpinoëlla –Diacrochordon –Dontuzia –Dryosphaera –Endoxylina –Esfandiariomyces –Frondisphaera –Glabrotheca –Heliastrum –Hyaloderma –Hydronectria –Hypotrachynicola –Immersisphaeria –Iraniella –Khuskia –Konenia –Kravtzevia –Kurssanovia –Lecythium –Leptosacca –Leptosphaerella –Leptosporina –Lyonella –Mangrovispora –Melomastia –Microcyclephaeria –Mirannulata –Monosporascus –Myrmecridium –?Naumovela –?Neocryptospora –Neolamya –Neothyridaria –Oceanitis –Ophiomassaria –Ornatispora –Pareutypella –Phomatospora –Phyllocelis –Plectosphaerella –Pleocryptospora –Pleosphaeria –Pontogeneia –Porodiscus –Protocucurbitaria –Pulvinaria –Pumilus –Rehmiomycella –Rhamphosphaeria –Rhizophila –Rimaconus –Rhopographella –Rhynchosphaeria –Rivulicola –Romellina –Saccardoëlla –Sarcopyrenia –Sartorya –Scharifia –Scoliocarpon –Scotiosphaeria –Servaziella –Sporoctomorpha –Stearophora –Stegophorella –Stellosetifera –Stomatogenella –Strickeria –Sungaiicola –Synsphaeria –Tamsiniella –Thelidiella –Thyridella –Thyrotheca –Trichospermella –Trichosphaeropsis –Vleugelia –Zignoina