| NOUN | plant | Sphaeriales, order Sphaeriales | large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles |
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| Meaning | large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders. | |
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| 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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