Fungi Imperfecti - Historical Classification of The Imperfect Fungi

Historical Classification of The Imperfect Fungi

These groups are no longer formally accepted because they do not adhere to the principle of monophyly. The taxon names are sometimes used informally. In particular, the term 'hyphomycetes' is often used to refer to molds, and the term 'coelomycetes' is used to refer to many asexually reproducing plant pathogens that form discrete fruiting bodies. Other systems of classification are reviewed by Kendrick (1981).

• Class Hyphomycetes lacking fruiting bodies
  • Order Moniliales (producing spores on simple conidiophores)
  • Order Stilbellales (producing spores on synnemata)
  • Order Tuberculariales (producing spores in sporodochia)

• Class Coelomycetes spores produced in fruiting bodies
  • Order Melanconiales (producing spores in acervuli)
  • Order Sphaeropsidales (producing spores in pycnidia)

• Class Agonomycetes lacking spores