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3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes

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Systematics and Evolution

Part of the book series: The Mycota ((MYCOTA,volume 7B))

Abstract

The classes Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes comprise a large group of nonlichenized ascomycetous fungi, in which over 15,000 species have been described. The close evolutionary relationship of the two classes was recently defined by molecular phylogenetic analyses and subcellular data. Typically, these fungi produce inoperculate, unitunicate asci in perithecial or apothecial ascomata. Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes represent a wide range of ecology, including saprobes, plant endophytes, plant pathogens, mycoparasites, and insect and other animal associates. During the past two decades, fungal classification has been considerably advanced but also challenged by rapid developments in molecular phylogeny, genome sequencing, and metagenomics. Here we review history and progress in the phylogenetic classification of these taxa at familial and ordinal levels since the first edition of Mycota VII. Geoglossomycetes and Laboulbeniomycetes are also included. Problems and perspectives associated with studying these fungi in the genomic era are discussed.

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Zhang, N., Wang, Z. (2015). 3 Pezizomycotina: Sordariomycetes and Leotiomycetes. In: McLaughlin, D., Spatafora, J. (eds) Systematics and Evolution. The Mycota, vol 7B. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46011-5_3

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