Order Hypocreales
[Hypocrea and Cordyceps relatives]
This order has 7 families plus 13 genera of uncertain placement (incertae sedis). The genus names listed below are those macro-fungi known in the Chicago Region. Doubtless there are other micro-fungi or plant parasites found here, for example, Nectria forms cankers on trees.
- Bionectriaceae (Nectriopsis)
- Clavicipitaceae (Claviceps)
- Cordycipitaceae (Cordyceps, Isaria anamorph)
- Hypocreaceae (Hypocrea, Hypomyces)
- Nectriaceae (Nectria)
- Niessliaceae
- Ophiocordycipitaceae (Elaphocordyceps)
- Uncertain placement (13 genera)
Taxon Details and Links
- Nomenclature
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- Hypocreales , in Engler & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam.: 343 (1897). Type: Hypocrea Fr. 1825.
- Taxonomy
- Note that the false-truffle parasite Cordyceps ophioglossoides has been moved to Elaphocordyceps in a separate family with Ophiocordyceps, which grow on insects.
- Description links
- Nectria cankers are one type included in this discussion of Canker diseases, The Morton Arboretum.
- Related links
- Rossman, A.Y., K.A. Seifert, G.J. Samuels, A.M. Minnis, H.-J. Schroers, L. Lombard, P.W. Crous, K. Põldmaa, P.F. Cannon, R.C. Summerbell, D. M. Geiser, W.-y. Zhuang, Y. Hirooka, C. Herrera, C. Salgado-Salazar, P. Chaverri. 2013. Genera in Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae, and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales) proposed for acceptance or rejection. IMA Fungus 4(1): 41–51. DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.05.
- Taxon links
- 90477 Hypocreales
- MycoBank
- Index Fungorum