| Pezizomycotina | |
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| Aleuria aurantia | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| (unranked): | Saccharomyceta |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997[1] |
| Classes and orders | |
Pezizomycotina is the largest subdivision ofAscomycota, containing the filamentous ascomycetes and mostlichenized fungi. It is more or less synonymous with the older taxonEuascomycota.[2] These fungi reproduce by fission rather than budding. This subdivision includes almost all ascus fungi that have fruiting bodies visible to the naked eye, except for the genusNeolecta, which belongs toTaphrinomycotina.
See the taxobox for a list of the classes that make up the Pezizomycotina. The old class Loculoascomycetes (consisting of all thebitunicate Ascomycota) has been replaced by the two classesEurotiomycetes andDothideomycetes. The rest of the Pezizomycotina also include the previously defined hymenial groups Discomycetes (nowLeotiomycetes) and Pyrenomycetes (Sordariomycetes).
Some important groups in Pezizomycotina include:Pezizomycetes (the operculate discomycetes),Leotiomycetes (the inoperculate discomycetes),Laboulbeniomycetes,Sordariomycetes,Dothideomycetes.
Paleopyrenomycites from theEarly DevonianRhynie Chert is the oldest known fossil member of Pezizomycotina, although its position within this subdivision is unclear.[3]
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