| Coniochaetales | |
|---|---|
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| Coniochaeta burtii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Subclass: | Sordariomycetidae |
| Order: | Coniochaetales Huhndorf, A.N.Mill. & F.A.Fern. (2004) |
| Families | |
The Coniochaetales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes. [1] This order was monotypic and contained a single family, the Coniochaetaceae , historically placed in the order Sordariales. [2] However, this taxonomic placement has been challenged by other authorities, and the Coniochaetales was proposed to include the family Coniochaetaceae. [3] In 2020, family Cordanaceae (with its monotypic genus Cordana Preuss and various species) was added to the order. [4]
Species in this family are characterized by having germ-slits in the ascospores, a morphological feature that distinguishes them from species in the Sordariaceae. [5] Phylogenetic research in 2006 revealed that four genera in the family Coniochaetaceae, Coniochaeta, Coniochaetidium, Ephemeroascus, and Poroconiochaeta, were not monophyletic, and were all made synonymous with Coniochaeta . [5]
