| Leotiomyceta | |
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| Leotia viscosa found inWest Lebanon, New Hampshire | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| (unranked): | Saccharomyceta |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| (unranked): | Leotiomyceta O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997 |
| Unranked taxa andclasses | |
Leotiomyceta represents all the filamentousascomycete fungi (Pezizomycotina), excluding the classesPezizomycetes andOrbiliomycetes. It is well supported in several studies comparingDNA sequences infungi.[1][2] It has originally been proposed as asuperclass[3] but later was proposed as a ranklesstaxon for anywell supported group above class (together withSaccharomyceta,Dothideomyceta, andSordariomyceta[4]). Ranklesstaxa do not strictly follow the rules fortaxonomic classifications in plants and fungi (ICBN) and therefore these names are informal, although they appear to reflectnatural groups.
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