Microascales
| Microascales | |
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| Thielaviopsis basicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Subclass: | Hypocreomycetidae |
| Order: | Microascales Luttr. ex Benny & Kimbr. (1980) |
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(with amount of genera)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Microascales are an
beetles to living trees and causing cacao wilt and many other economically important diseases. Species in the genus Pseudallescheria (family Microascaceae) are pathogenic to humans[3] The order was circumscribed in 1980.[4] Wijayawardene et al. in 2020 added more families and genera to the order.[5]
Description
The Microascales are characterized by a lack of
synanamorphs; these are classified mostly in the genera Scopulariopsis, Graphium and Scedosporium.[6]
References
- ^ "Microascales Luttr. ex Benny & Kimbr. 1980". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ^ Hawksworth DL, Eriksson OE (1986). "The names of accepted orders of Ascomycetes". Systema Ascomycetum. 5: 175–184.
- PMID 2392795.
- ^ Benny GL, Kimbrough JW (1980). "A synopsis of the orders and families of Plectomycetes with keys to genera". Mycotaxon. 12 (1): 1–91 (see p. 40).
- hdl:10481/61998.
- JSTOR 3761306.