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Enigmatic Ascomycota taxa

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Ustilaginoidea virens
species of fungus
Rhynchosporium secalis
species of fungus
Amorphotheca resinae
species of fungus
Pseudeurotiaceae
The Pseudeurotiaceae are a family of fungi in the division Ascomycota. This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis).
Amorphothecaceae
The Amorphothecaceae are a family of fungi in the division Ascomycota. This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis). It contains the single genus Amorphotheca.
Berggrenia
Berggrenia is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family.
Rhynchosporium
Rhynchosporium is a genus of fungi that causes leaf scald disease on several graminaceous hosts. It includes five currently accepted species: R. secalis from rye and triticale, R. orthosporum from Dactylis glomerata, R. lolii from Lolium multiflorum and L. perenne, R. agropyri from Agropyron, and R. commune from Hordeum spp., Lolium multiflorum and Bromus diandrus. R. commune is one of the most destructive pathogens of barley worldwide, causing yield decreases of up to 40% and reduced grain quality.
Seuratiaceae
The Seuratiaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota division. This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis).
Mycocentrospora acerina
species of fungus
Batistiaceae
The Batistiaceae are a family of fungi in the division Ascomycota. The family was described by Gary Samuels and Katia Rodrigues in 1989 to contain the genus Batistia and its sole species Batistia annulipes. The anarph form of this fungus has been named Acrostroma annellosynnema. Batistia annulipes was originally described from French Guiana, and was later found in other locations in South America and in Panama.
Saccardiaceae
The Saccardiaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis). They have a worldwide distribution.
Polyscytalum pustulans
species of fungus
Thelocarpaceae
Thelocarpaceae is the sole family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Thelocarpales. The family contains two genera, Sarcosagium and Thelocarpon. The family was circumscribed by lichenologist Hugo Zukal in 1893, while the order was proposed by Robert Lücking and H. Thorsten Lumbsch in 2016.
Septocyta ruborum
species of fungus
Pseudohepatica
Pseudohepatica is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family.
Diehliomyces microsporus
Diehliomyces is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Diehliomyces microsporus.
Monodictys
Monodictys is a genus of fungi of uncertain familial and ordinal placement in the class Ascomycetes. The genus was circumscribed by Welsh-born Canadian mycologist Stanley Hughes in 1956. He assigned Monodictys putredinis as the type species.
Diporothecaceae
The Diporothecaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota division. This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis). It contains the single genus Diporotheca.
Eoterfeziaceae
The Eoterfeziaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota division. This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis).
Peltaster fructicola
species of fungus
Antimanoa grisleae
Antimanoa is a fungal genus in the division Ascomycota. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the division is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Antimanoa grisleae, originally collected from Venezuela. The genus and species were described as new to science in 1930 by German mycologist Hans Sydow.
Argentinomyces naviculisporus
Argentinomyces is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Argentinomyces naviculisporus.
Periconia circinata
species of fungus
Epigloeaceae
Epigloea is a genus of fungi in the monotypic family Epigloeaceae.
Marisolaris ansata
Marisolaris is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Marisolaris ansata.
Deightoniella torulosa
species of fungus
Tunstallia aculeata
species of fungus
Karsteniomyces
Karsteniomyces is a genus of lichenicolous fungi of unknown familial, ordinal, and class placement in the Ascomycota. The genus was circumscribed by David Leslie Hawksworth in 1980. The species of this genus are found in Europe.
Acrophialophora fusispora
species of fungus
Ceratosporella
Ceratosporella is a genus of fungi. Some species interact with species of trees in the families Betulaceae and Fagaceae (Carpinus betulus, Castanea sativa). Ceratosporella disticha can be isolated from decaying leaves of the palm Arenga westerhautii in Malaysia.
Lautosporaceae
The Lautosporaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. This family can not yet be taxonomically classified in any of the ascomycetous classes and orders with any degree of certainty (incertae sedis). It contains the single genus Lautospora.
Libertiella
Libertiella is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi of uncertain classification in the Ascomycota. The species of this genus are found in Europe.
Stigmatea
Stigmatea is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family.
Leucoconis erysiphina
Leucoconis is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Leucoconis erysiphina.
Wadeana
Wadeana is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the division Ascomycota. Its to other taxa within the division is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. The genus was established in 1978 by the British lichenologists Brian Coppins and Peter James, who named it after the veteran naturalist Arthur Edward Wade for his decades of work studying British lichens. These bark-dwelling lichens live almost completely hidden within the outer layers of tree bark and produce distinctive crack-like fruiting bodies with bright red-brown in
Gloeocercospora sorghi
species of fungus
Astomella
Astomella is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Astomella neolitseae.
Haematomyxa
Haematomyxa is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family.
Stellifraga cladoniicola
Stellifraga is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota phylum. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the phylum is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any class, order, or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Stellifraga cladoniicola.
Clypeolum
genus of fungi