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Hypocreales

Hypocreales
Cordyceps capitata.jpg
Tolypocladium capitatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Lindau (1897)
Families

Bionectriaceae
Cordycipitaceae
Clavicipitaceae
Hypocreaceae
Nectriaceae
Niessliaceae
Ophiocordycipitaceae


Bionectriaceae
Cordycipitaceae
Clavicipitaceae
Hypocreaceae
Nectriaceae
Niessliaceae
Ophiocordycipitaceae

The Hypocreales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, consisting of seven families, 237 genera, and 2647 species.

Species of Hypocreales are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial ascomata, or spore-producing structures. These are often yellow, orange or red.

According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the following genera within the Hypocreales have an uncertain taxonomic placement (incertae sedis), and have not been assigned to any family.



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