Helotiales [SEP] parent taxon
Helotiales
Helotiales is an order of the class Leotiomycetes within the division Ascomycota. According to a 2008 estimate, the order contains 10 families, 501 genera, and 3881 species.
"Helotiales" is the largest order of inoperculate discomycetes. It contains the famous blue-green cup fungi that makes its home on oaks is known by the genus name "Chlorociboria".
Habit.
- "Helotiales" is distinguished by its disc or cup-shaped apothecia.
- Its asci are only slightly thickened in contrast
Atrocybe
Atrocybe is a fungal genus in the order Helotiales. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown ("incertae sedis"), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Atrocybe loricelliformis.
See also.
- List of Helotiales genera "incertae sedis"