Fungalpedia – Note 2379, Hypocreales

 

Hypocreales. Lindau.

Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes: The order Hypocreales includes ten families Bionectriaceae, Clavicipitaceae, Cordycipitaceae, Flammocladiaceae, Hypocreaceae, Nectriaceae, Niessliaceae, Ophiocordycipitaceae, Stachybotryaceae and Tilachlidiaceae, which are distributed in subtropical and tropical regions (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015). These families differ amongst each other according to their fleshy and colorful perithecial ascomata, typically ostiolate perithecia, very varied ascospores and pigment production (Rehner and Samuels 1995).

 

Type species: Hypocreaceae De Not. [as ‘Hypocreacei‘], G. bot. ital. 2(1): 48 (1845) [1844].

 

References

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC, Huang SK, Abdel-Wahab MA, Daranagama DA, Dayarathne M, D’souza MJ, Goonasekara ID, Hongsanan S, Jayawardena RS, Kirk PM, Konta S, Liu J-K, Liu ZY, Norphanphoun C, Pang KL, Perera RH, Senanayake IC, Shang QJ, Shenoy BD, Xiao YP, Bahkali AH, Kang JC, Somrothipol S, Suetrong S, Wen TC, Xu JC (2015) Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sodariomycetes. Fungal Divers 72:199–301

Rehner SA, Samuels GJ (1995) Molecular systematics of the Hypocreales: a teleomorph gene phylogeny and the status of their anamorphs. Can J Bot 31:816–823

 

Entry by

Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

 

Published online 30 April 2026

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