Asterinales is an
order of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the
class
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Dothideomycetes
Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1,300 genera and over 19,000 known species.
Wijayawardene et al. in 2020 added more orders to the class.
Traditionally, most of it ...
.
It contains ten families according to the 2021 work "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa", each of which is listed with the number of genera it contains:
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Asterinaceae (18)
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Asterotexaceae (1)
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Cylindrohyalosporaceae (1)
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Hemigraphaceae (1)
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Lembosiaceae (2)
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Melaspileellaceae (1)
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Morenoinaceae (1)
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Neobueliellaceae (1)
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Oblongohyalosporaceae (1)
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Stictographaceae (5)
References
Dothideomycetes
Ascomycota orders
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