order - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

Erysiphales, order Erysiphales - saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants

order Sphaeriales, Sphaeriales - large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders

Hypocreales, order Hypocreales - used in some classifications for the family Hypocreaceae

Helotiales, order Helotiales - order of fungi having asci in a disk- to goblet-shaped apothecium

order Sclerodermatales, Sclerodermatales - an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)

Hymenogastrales, order Hymenogastrales - an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)

Mucorales, order Mucorales - an order of mostly saprophytic fungi

Entomophthorales, order Entomophthorales - coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae

Chytridiales, order Chytridiales - simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes

Blastocladiales, order Blastocladiales - fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes

order Saprolegniales, Saprolegniales - order of chiefly aquatic fungi

order Peronosporales, Peronosporales - order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae

order Tuberales, Tuberales - small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps

Lichenales, order Lichenales - category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes

Lechanorales, order Lechanorales - category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia

Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi - the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants

Agaricales, order Agaricales - typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota

Endomycetales, order Endomycetales - fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus

Aspergillales, Eurotiales, order Aspergillales, order Eurotiales - order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium

order Pezizales, Pezizales - order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps

order Tulostomatales, Tulostomatales - an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes

Lycoperdales, order Lycoperdales - small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars

Nidulariales, order Nidulariales - small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae

order Secotiales, Secotiales - an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes

Aphyllophorales, order Aphyllophorales - includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales

order Tremellales, Tremellales - fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic

Auriculariales, order Auriculariales - coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales

order Uredinales, Uredinales - rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in

order Ustilaginales, Ustilaginales - parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes

Moniliales, order Moniliales - order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium