Order: Hypocreales
This order is recognized by its
brightly coloured, simple or compound, perithecial ascomata -- usually yellow,
orange or red -- which are fleshy or waxy in texture.
Family:
Clavicipitaceae
Clavicipes purpurea (The cause of
ergot of rye)
Class: Discomycetes
Known as cup-fungi producing
apothecial ascomata. found growing saprophytically on wood, dung or dead tree leaves among which they grow
on the forest floor, several are pathogen for plant. Fruiting bodies are open
and bear their asci on the surface or in large, open cavities. The branched,
septate mycelium is in the soil while the ascpcarp, is formed above ground
except on truffles, which have underground ascocarp (Hypogean).
Discomycetes which form their ascocarp above
ground (Epigean) classified into two large group based on their method of
releasing spore from the asci: the operculate and inoperculate Discomycetes.
Operculate Discomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family Pezizaceae
Family: Ascobolaceae
Ascobolus sp.