Coniochaetales Explained

The Coniochaetales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes. This order was monotypic and contained a single family, the Coniochaetaceae, historically placed in the order Sordariales.^[1] However, this taxonomic placement has been challenged by other authorities, and the Coniochaetales was proposed to include the family Coniochaetaceae.^[2] In 2020, family Cordanaceae (with its monotypic genus Cordana and various species) was added to the order.^[3]

Species in this family are characterized by having germ-slits in the ascospores, a morphological feature that distinguishes them from species in the Sordariaceae.^[4] Phylogenetic research in 2006 revealed that four genera in the family Coniochaetaceae, Coniochaeta, Coniochaetidium, Ephemeroascus, and Poroconiochaeta, were not monophyletic, and were all made synonymous with Coniochaeta.^[4]

Genera incertae sedis

Includes unplaced genera;^[3]

• Cannonia
• Pseudogliomastix (1)

Notes and References

1. Book: Bisby, Guy Richard . Ainsworth, G. C. . Kirk, P. M. . Aptroot, André . Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the fungi / by P. M. Kirk... [et al.]; with the assistance of A. Aptroot... [et al.] . CAB International . Oxon . 2001 . 126 . 0-85199-377-X .
2. Huhndorf SM, Miller AN, Fernández FA . 2004 . Molecular systematics of the Sordariales: the order and the family Lasiosphaeriaceae redefined . . 96 . 2. 368–87 . 10.2307/3762068 . 21148859. 3762068 .
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4. García D, Stchigel AM, Cano J, Calduch M, Hawksworth DL, Guarro J . Molecular phylogeny of Coniochaetales . Mycological Research . 110 . Pt 11 . 1271–89 . 2006 . 17081739 . 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.07.007 .