Pezizales

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Tuber
Pezizales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Subphylum: Pezizomycotina Class: Pezizomycetes Order: Pezizales
Families
Ascobolaceae Discinaceae Helvellaceae Morchellaceae Otidiaceae Pezizaceae Pyronemataceae Sarcoscyphaceae Terfeziaceae Thelebolaceae Tuberaceae

Pezizales is a class of the subphylum Pezizomycotina within the phylum Ascomycota.

It contains a number of species of economic importance, such as morels, the black and white truffles, and the desert truffles.

[edit] References

• C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4^th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5