Coryneliales | |
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Caliciopsis pinea on Pinus taeda | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Subphylum: | Pezizomycotina |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Subclass: | Eurotiomycetidae |
Order: | Coryneliales Seaver & Chardon (1926) |
Families | |
Coryneliaceae |
The Coryneliales are an order of ascomycetous fungi within the class Eurotiomycetes and within the subphylum Pezizomycotina. Species in this order are found almost exclusively in the tropics, primarily as a pathogen on the gymnosperm Podocarpus, although it has been found on other plants like the Southern Hemisphere beech Nothofagus, and Drimys.[1]