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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters)
DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)
PEZIZOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
PEZIZALES
(an order of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Pezizales
is also a member of:
Discomycetes
(via Pezizales)
Micromycetes
Fungi sl.
Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

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PEZIZALES Bessey, 1907 (an order of cup fungi and discomycetes)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Family ASCOBOLACEAE Boud. ex Sacc., 1884 (a family of discomycetes) 7        
Genus Ascobolus Pers., 1791 (a genus of discomycete fungi) 6 2 4 16 7
Genus Thecotheus Boud., 1869 (a genus of discomycetes) 1       1
Family ASCODESMIDACEAE J. Schröt., 1893 (a family of discomycetes) 1        
Genus Ascodesmis Tiegh., 1876 (a genus of discomycetes) 1       1
Species Caloscypha fulgens (Pers.) Boud., 1885 (Golden Cup)         3
Species Desmazierella acicola Lib., 1829 (a discomycete)     10 18  
Family DISCINACEAE Benedix, 1961 (a family of discomycetes, truffles and false morels) 3        
Genus Gyromitra Fr., 1849 (false morels) 2 14     2
Genus Hydnotrya Berk. & Broome, 1846 (a genus of truffles) 1       4
Genus Discinella P. Karst., 1891 (a genus of discomycetes) 1        
Species Discinella menziesii (Boud.) Boud. ex A.L. Sm. & Ramsb., 1914 (an ascomycete fungus)         1
Family HELVELLACEAE Fr., 1822 (false morels and discomycetes) 9 31 10 5 3
Genus Lasiobolus Sacc., 1884 (a genus of discomycetes) 1        
Species Lasiobolus diversisporus (Fuckel) Sacc., 1889 (a discomycete)         1
Family MORCHELLACEAE Rchb., 1834 (morels) 7        
Species Disciotis venosa (Pers.) Fr., 1893 (Bleach Cup)   10   1 2
Genus Morchella Dill. ex Pers., 1794 (morels) 4 46 24 12 7
Genus Verpa Sw., 1815 (a genus of morels) 2 5 10 6 2
Form genus Oedocephalum Preuss, 1851 (a genus of an anamorphic ascomycetes) 1        
Anamorphic Species Oedocephalum lineatum B.K. Bakshi 1950 (an anamorphic fungus)         1
Family PEZIZACEAE Dumort., 1829 (cup fungi) 31 76 54 122 27
Family PYRONEMATACEAE Corda, 1842 (a family of discomycetes) 47 146 133 248 42
Family RHIZINACEAE Bonord., 1851 (a family of discomycetes) 1 7   4  
Family SARCOSCYPHACEAE Le Gal ex Eckblad, 1968 (a family of cup fungi) 5 19 12 25 10
Family SARCOSOMATACEAE Kobayasi, 1937 (a family of discomycetes) 1       3
Family TERFEZIACEAE E. Fisch., 1897 (a family of discomycetes) 1        
Species Terfezia arenaria (Moris) Trappe, 1971 (a discomycete)         1
Family TUBERACEAE Dumort., 1822 (a family of truffles) 4 6   10 10

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Phillips, W., 1893 A manual of the British discomycetes
Spooner, B., 2000 The larger Cup Fungi in Britain - part 1

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 29 general literature references to PEZIZALES (an order of cup fungi and discomycetes)

PEZIZALES may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)		 ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters)
Discomycetes (via Pezizales) Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 408 feeding and other relationships of PEZIZALES (an order of cup fungi and discomycetes)

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