fungus order

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fungus order - the order of fungi order - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families Erysiphales, order Erysiphales - saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants order Sphaeriales, Sphaeriales - large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders Hypocreales, order Hypocreales - used in some classifications for the family Hypocreaceae Helotiales, order Helotiales - order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apothecium order Sclerodermatales, Sclerodermatales - an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes) Hymenogastrales, order Hymenogastrales - an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes) Mucorales, order Mucorales - an order of mostly saprophytic fungi Entomophthorales, order Entomophthorales - coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae Chytridiales, order Chytridiales - simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes Blastocladiales, order Blastocladiales - fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes order Saprolegniales, Saprolegniales - order of chiefly aquatic fungi order Peronosporales, Peronosporales - order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae order Tuberales, Tuberales - small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps Lichenales, order Lichenales - category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes Lechanorales, order Lechanorales - category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi - the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants Agaricales, order Agaricales - typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota Endomycetales, order Endomycetales - fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus Aspergillales, Eurotiales, order Aspergillales, order Eurotiales - order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium order Pezizales, Pezizales - order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps order Tulostomatales, Tulostomatales - an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes Lycoperdales, order Lycoperdales - small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars Nidulariales, order Nidulariales - small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae order Secotiales, Secotiales - an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes Aphyllophorales, order Aphyllophorales - includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales order Tremellales, Tremellales - fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic Auriculariales, order Auriculariales - coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales order Uredinales, Uredinales - rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in order Ustilaginales, Ustilaginales - parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes Moniliales, order Moniliales - order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium