The Hypocreales are an order

Order (biology)

In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...

 of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes

Sordariomycetes

The Sordariomycetes are a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina , consisting of 15 orders, 64 families, 1119 genera, and 10564 species.Sordariomycetes generally produce their asci in perithecial fruiting bodies....

, consisting of 7 families

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

, 237 genera

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

, and 2647 species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

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Species of Hypocreales are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial ascomata

Ascocarp

An ascocarp, or ascoma , is the fruiting body of an ascomycete fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and may contain millions of asci, each of which typically contains eight ascospores...

, or spore

Spore

In biology, a spore is a reproductive structure that is adapted for dispersal and surviving for extended periods of time in unfavorable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many bacteria, plants, algae, fungi and some protozoa. According to scientist Dr...

-producing structures. These are often yellow, orange or red.

Genera incertae sedis

Accodring to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the following genera within the Hypocreales have an uncertain taxonomic placement (incertae sedis

Incertae sedis

, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...

), and have not been assigned to any family.

• Bulbithecium
  Bulbithecium
  Bulbithecium is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Bulbithecium hyalosporum.-External links:* at...
  
  
• Emericellopsis
  Emericellopsis
  Emericellopsis is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
  
  
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  Extinction
  In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...
  
  Entropezites
  Entropezites
  Entropezites is an extinct monotypic genus of hypermycoparasitic fungus in the order Hypocreales. At present it contains the single species Entropezites patricii....
  
  
• Hapsidospora
  Hapsidospora
  Hapsidospora is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
  
  
• Leucosphaerina
  Leucosphaerina
  Leucosphaerina is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
  
  
• Metadothella
  Metadothella
  Metadothella is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Metadothella stellata.-External links:* at...
  
  
• †Mycetophagites
  Mycetophagites
  Mycetophagites is an extinct monotypic genus of mycoparasitic fungus in the order Hypocreales. At present it contains the single species Mycetophagites atrebora....
  
  
• Nigrosabulum
  Nigrosabulum
  Nigrosabulum is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
  
  
• Payosphaeria
  Payosphaeria
  Payosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Payosphaeria minuta.-External links:* at...
  
  
• Peethambara
  Peethambara
  Peethambara is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Peethambara sundara.-External links:* at Index...
  
  
• Peloronectria
  Peloronectria
  Peloronectria is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
  
  
• Pseudomeliola
  Pseudomeliola
  Pseudomeliola is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
  
  
• Scopinella
  Scopinella
  Scopinella is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
  
  
• Ticonectria
  Ticonectria
  Ticonectria is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Ticonectria perianthii.-External links:* at...
  
  
• Tilakidium
  Tilakidium
  Tilakidium is a genus of fungi in the Hypocreales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Tilakidium indicum.-External links:* at Index...
  
  
• Ustilaginoidea
  Ustilaginoidea
  Ustilaginoidea is a genus of anamorphic fungi whose teleomorphic states are in the Hypocreales order. The genus is widespread in subtropical regions, and contains six species. Ustilaginoidea was circumscribed by German botanist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1895. Ustilaginoidea virens causes the disesase...