sphaeriales (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Sphaeriales*:
NOUN	plant	Sphaeriales, order Sphaeriales	large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles

English > *Sphaeriales*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders.
Synonym	order Sphaeriales
Member of	Pyrenomycetes, class Pyrenomycetes	Class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium
Members	Ceratostomataceae, family Ceratostomataceae	fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks
	Hypocreaceae, family Hypocreaceae	family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps
	Sphaeriaceae, family Sphaeriaceae	Parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia
	Xylariaceae, family Xylariaceae	family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores
Broader	fungus order	The order of fungi

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