Order Xylariales
[some of the pyrenomycetes]
This is a large order of a dozen families (Wijayawardene et al. 2018). Some of the genera in the Chicago Region and Illinois are listed below.
- Barrmaeliaceae
- Castanediellaceae
- Diatrypaceae (Anthostoma, Cryptovalsa, Diatrype, Diatrypella)
- Graphostromataceae (Biscogniauxia, Camillea, )
- Hypoxylaceae (Annulohypoxylon, Daldinia, Entonaema, Hypoxylon)
- Lopadostomataceae
- Microdochiaceae
- Myelospermataceae
- Polystigmataceae
- Requienellaceae
- Xylariaceae (Kretzschmaria, Rosellinia, Xylaria)
- Zygosporiaceae
- Many genera incertae sedis
Taxon Details and Links
- Nomenclature
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- Xylariales , Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 8 (2): 66 (1932). Type: Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, Baier. Fl. (München) 1: 200 (1789).
- Taxonomy
- Molecular systematics has moved a few families to other orders and increased the number of genera.
- Related links
- Wijayawardene, N. N., K. D. Hyde, H. T. Lumbsch, J. K. Liu, S. S. N. Maharachchikumbura, A. H. Ekanayaka, Q. Tian, R. Phookamsak. 2018. Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88(1): 167–263. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-018-0394-8
- Taxon links
- 90505 Xylariales
- MycoBank
- Index Fungorum