Capnodiales is a diverse
order
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of
Dothideomycetes, initially based on the family
Capnodiaceae, also known as
sooty mold
Sooty mold (also spelled sooty mould) is a collective term for different Ascomycete fungi, which includes many genera, commonly '' Cladosporium'' and '' Alternaria''. It grows on plants and their fruit, but also environmental objects, like fences ...
fungi. Sooty molds grow as
epiphytes, forming masses of black cells on plant leaves and are often associated with the
honeydew secreted by insects feeding on plant sap. This diverse
order
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has been expanded by the addition of several families formerly thought unrelated and now also includes
saprobes
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi (f ...
,
endophytes,
plant pathogens,
lichens and
rock-inhabiting fungi. The new additions include the genus ''
Mycosphaerella'' containing the causal agents of several economically important crop and tree diseases. A small number of these fungi are also able to parasitise humans and animals, including species able to colonise human hair shafts (''
Piedraia hortae
''Piedraia hortae'' is a superficial fungus that exists in the soils of tropical and subtropical environments and affects both sexes of all ages. The fungus grows very slowly, forming dark hyphae, which contain chlamydoconidia cells and black co ...
'').
Genera ''incertae sides''
There are several genera in the Capnodiales that have not been assigned to any family:
*''
Anariste'' – 1 sp.
*''
Catenulomyces'' – 1 sp.
*''
Perusta'' – 1 sp.
*''
Plurispermiopsis'' – 1 sp.
*''
Pseudoepicoccum'' – 4 spp.
*''
Racoleus''
– 1 sp.
*''
Ramimonilia'' – 1 sp.
*''
Rosaria'' – 1 sp.
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Stigmatodothis'' – 1 sp.
*''
Stomiopeltis'' – 25 spp.
References
Ascomycota orders
Lichen orders
Taxa described in 1925
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