Order
Pezizales
Humaria hemisphaerica. Photo: (c) Alan Rockefeller, some rights reserved (CC BY)
The Pezizales are an order of the subphylum Pezizomycotina within the phylum Ascomycota. The order contains 16 families, 199 genera, and 1683 species. It contains a number of species of economic importance, such as morels, the black and white truffles, and the desert truffles. The Pezizales can be saprobic, mycorrhizal, or parasitic on plants. Species grow on soil, wood, leaves and dung. Soil-inhabiting species often fruit in habitats with a high pH and low content of…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
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Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
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Class: Pezizomycetes (Operculate ascomycetes)
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Order: Pezizales
- Family: Pezizaceae (Pezizas, desert truffles, and allies) (8)
- Family: Pyronemataceae (5)
- Family: Morchellaceae (Morels and allies) (6)
- Family: Sarcosomataceae (6)
- Family: Sarcoscyphaceae (Elf cups and allies) (3)
- Family: Otideaceae (3)
- Family: Helvellaceae (8)
- Family: Caloscyphaceae (1)
- Family: Tuberaceae (1)
- Family: Tarzettaceae (1)
- Family: Chorioactidaceae (1)
- Family: Discinaceae (7)
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Order: Pezizales
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Class: Pezizomycetes (Operculate ascomycetes)
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Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
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Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
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Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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