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IRMNG taxon details

Ascomycota

134 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:134)

  1. Biota
  2. Fungi (Kingdom)
  3. Ascomycota (Phylum)
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
accepted
Phylum
Fungi
Ascomycetes · unaccepted (class now re-ranked as phylum)
Saccharomycotina · unaccepted (rank not used in IRMNG)

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  1. Genus Adendorfia G. Worobiec, F. Neumann & E. Worobiec, 2017 †
  2. Genus Alcornia J.S. Monteiro, S.M. Leão, L.F.P. Gusmão, P.M. Kirk & R.F. Castañeda, 2017
  3. Class Alloascoideomycetes
  4. Genus Anacoronospora J.S. Monteiro, L.F.P. Gusmão & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, 2016
  5. Genus Anaverticicladus P.M.O. Costa, E. Malosso & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz in Costa et al., 2016
  6. Genus Anisospadicoides R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, M. Qiao & Z.F. Yu, 2019
  7. Family Aphanopsidaceae
  8. Class Archaeorhizomycetes
  9. Genus Arctacellularia T.N. Hermann in B.V. Timofeev, T.N. Hermann & N.S. Mikhailova, 1976 †
  10. Class Arthoniomycetes
  11. Genus Arthrotaeniolella L.B. Conceição, M.F.O. Marques, J.S. Monteiro, L.F.P. Gusmão & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, 2017
  12. Class Ascomycota incertae sedis
  13. Class Ascomycotina incertae sedis
  14. Genus Bicoloromyces B. Heuchert, U. Braun & D.L. Hawksworth in Heuchert et al., 2015
  15. Genus Blastoheterospora J.S. Monteiro, L.F.P. Gusmão & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, 2017
  16. Genus Brackelia M.P. Zhurbenko, 2017
  17. Genus Caeruleoconidia M.P. Zhurbenko & P. Diederich in Zhurbenko & Pino-Bodas, 2017
  18. Genus Cephalothecoidomyces G. Worobiec, F. Neumann & E. Worobiec, 2017 †
  19. Genus Chlorolichenomycites R. Honegger, D. Edwards & L. Axe in Honegger et al., 2013 †
  20. Genus Clavascina K. Beneš, 1961 †
  21. Genus Coccospora Wallroth, 1833
  22. Genus Coleocarpon S.P. Stubblefield, T.N. Taylor, C.E. Miller & G.T. Cole, 1983 †
  23. Genus Craspedodidymella F.R. Barbosa, R.F. Castañeda Ruíz & L.F.P. Gusmão, 2017
  24. Family Daohugouthallaceae X.L. Wei, D. Ren & J.C. Wei in Yang et al., 2023 †
  25. Genus Dematosporites V.D. Kapgate & M.H. Wanjari ex R.K. Saxena, V.D. Kapgate & P.M. Kirk, 2023 †
  26. Genus Dictyoaquaphila J.S. Monteiro, L.B. Conceição, M.F.O. Marques, L.F.P. Gusmão & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, 2016
  27. Genus Dictyotrichocladium P.O. Fiúza, L.F.P. Gusmão & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz in Fiúza et al., 2017
  28. Class Dipodascomycetes
  29. Family Diporothecaceae
  30. Genus Discoascina K. Beneš, 1961 †
  31. Genus Distoceratosporella J.S. Monteiro, L.F.P. Gusmão & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, 2017
  32. Genus Distophragmia R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, S.M. Leão & L.F.P. Gusmão, 2015
  33. Class Dothideomycetes
  34. Genus Ellismarsporium R.F. Castañeda Ruíz & X.G. Zhang, 2017
  35. Genus Eosaccharomyces T.N. Hermann in Sokolov, 1979 †
  36. Family Eoterfeziaceae
  37. Class Eurotiomycetes
  38. Genus Falciascina K. Beneš, 1961 †
  39. Genus Gonatophragmiopsis L.F.P. Gusmão, J.S. Monteiro & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, 2017
  40. Genus Gusmaomyces J.S. Monteiro & R.F. Castañeda-Ruiz in Monteiro et al., 2025
  41. Genus Henfellra M.G. Halıcı, D.L. Hawksworth, Z. Kocakaya & M. Kocakaya, 2016
  42. Genus Hormodochium (Saccardo) Trotter, 1921
  43. Class Laboulbeniomycetes
  44. Class Lecanoromycetes
  45. Class Leotiomycetes
  46. Class Lichinomycetes
  47. Class Lipomycetes
  48. Genus Meliolinites D.R. Selkirk ex Jansonius & Hills, 1975 †
  49. Genus Morganjonesia R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, K. Zhang & D.W. Li, 2019
  50. Family Mucomassariaceae F. Petrak, 1959
  51. Genus Mycogemma K.M. Zalessky, 1915 †
  52. Class Neolectomycetes
  53. Class Novakomycetes
  54. Genus Onakawananus N.W. Radforth, 1958 †
  55. Class Orbiliomycetes
  56. Genus Paleosaccardia M. Locquin & C. Prive-Gill, 1984 †
  57. Genus Perzia H.-O. Baral & B. Perić, 2017
  58. Class Pezizomycetes
  59. Class Pezizomycotina incertae sedis
  60. Genus Phaeoschizotrichum C.R. Silva, L.F.P. Gusmão & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, 2015
  61. Genus Phaeostilbelloides E.A.S. Armando, Z.M. Chaves & J.C. Dianese, 2015
  62. Class Pichiomycetes
  63. Class Pneumocystomycetes
  64. Genus Podosporiopsis J. Ma, X.G. Zhang & R.F. Castañeda, 2017
  65. Order Polysporiales
  66. Family Saccardiaceae
  67. Class Saccharomycetes
  68. Class Saitoellomycetes
  69. Class Schizosaccharomycetes
  70. Family Seuratiaceae
  71. Genus Sheathnema R. Dubey & N.A. Moonnambeth, 2014
  72. Class Sordariomycetes
  73. Family Spheciophilaceae G. Poinar Jr, 2016 †
  74. Class Sporopachydermiomycetes
  75. Genus Stanhughesiella R.F. Castañeda Ruíz & D.W. Li, 2017
  76. Family Strangosporaceae S. Stenroos, J. Miadlikowska & F. Lutzoni in Miadlikowska et al., 2014
  77. Class Taphrinomycetes
  78. Genus Thysanolaenae Q. Tian & K.D. Hyde, 2015
  79. Genus Tretoheliocephala L.F.P. Gusmão, J.S. Monteiro & R.F. Castañeda, 2017
  80. Class Trigonopsidomycetes
  81. Genus Velloziomyces E.A.S. Armando, Z.M. Chaves & J.C. Dianese, 2015
  82. Class Xylobotryomycetes
  83. Genus Ypsilomyces D.A.C. Almeida, L.F.P. Gusmão, 2014
  84. Genus Zelotetraploa J.S. Monteiro, L.F.P. Gusmão & R.F. Castañeda Ruíz, 2017
  85. Class Ascomycetes accepted as Ascomycota (class now re-ranked as phylum)
  86. Family Atichiaceae accepted as Seuratiaceae
  87. Genus Bactridiopsis Hennings, 1904 accepted as Coccospora Wallroth, 1833
  88. Genus Caeruleoconidia M.P. Zhurbenko & P. Diederich in Zhurbenko et al., 2015 accepted as Caeruleoconidia M.P. Zhurbenko & P. Diederich in Zhurbenko & Pino-Bodas, 2017 (unaccepted > unavailable name, invalid: Art. 40.1)
  89. Genus Dematosporites V.D. Kapgate & M.H. Wanjari, 2014 † accepted as Dematosporites V.D. Kapgate & M.H. Wanjari ex R.K. Saxena, V.D. Kapgate & P.M. Kirk, 2023 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, nom. inval., Art. F.5.1 (Shenzhen))
  90. Class Geoglossomycetes accepted as Lichinomycetes
  91. Class Pneumocystidomycetes accepted as Pneumocystomycetes (variant spelling)
  92. Subdivision Saccharomycotina accepted as Ascomycota (rank not used in IRMNG)
  93. Class Sareomycetes accepted as Lichinomycetes
  94. Class Xylonomycetes accepted as Lichinomycetes
  95. Genus Siwalikiathyrites R.K. Saxena & H.P. Singh, 1982 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  96. Genus Tetracona K.B. Korde in Istchenko, 1986 † (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998). A revised six-kingdom system of life. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 73(3): 203-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.1998.tb00030.x [details] 
Taxonomic remark MycoBank (2026) lists Ascomycota R.H. Whittaker, Quart. Rev. Biol. 34: 220 (1959) as a heterotypic synonym. Wikispecies...  
Taxonomic remark MycoBank (2026) lists Ascomycota R.H. Whittaker, Quart. Rev. Biol. 34: 220 (1959) as a heterotypic synonym. Wikispecies lists the authorship for this taxon as (Berk.) Caval.-Sm. [details]
IRMNG (2026). Ascomycota. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134 on 2026-09-12
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2010-05-31 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2026-08-09 18:08:15Z
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Rees, Tony

original description Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998). A revised six-kingdom system of life. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 73(3): 203-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.1998.tb00030.x [details] 

additional source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
note: as subdivision (Ascomycotina) [details] 

taxonomy source Mycobank (2026 version). , available online at http://www.mycobank.org/ [details] 

name verified source Mycobank (2026 version). , available online at http://www.mycobank.org/ [details] 

current name source Mycobank (2026 version). , available online at http://www.mycobank.org/ [details] 
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark MycoBank (2026) lists Ascomycota R.H. Whittaker, Quart. Rev. Biol. 34: 220 (1959) as a heterotypic synonym. Wikispecies lists the authorship for this taxon as (Berk.) Caval.-Sm. [details]
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