Microascales

Microascales
	Thielaviopsis basicola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Hypocreomycetidae
Order:	Microascales; Luttr. ex Benny & Kimbr. (1980)
Families
	(with amount of genera) Ceratocystidaceae (11); Chadefaudiellaceae (2); Gondwanamycetaceae (2); Graphiaceae (1); Halosphaeriaceae (68); Microascaceae (23); Triadelphiaceae (2);
Synonyms
	Halosphaeriales Kohlm. (1986);

The Microascales are an order of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes, subclass Hypocreomycetidae. This is a relatively small order of mostly saprobic fungi that live in soil, rotting vegetation and dung. Some species are plant pathogens, such as Ceratocystis fimbriata, transmitted by beetles to living trees and causing cacao wilt and many other economically important diseases. Species in the genus Pseudallescheria (family Microascaceae) are pathogenic to humans The order was circumscribed in 1980. Wijayawardene et al. in 2020 added more families and genera to the order.

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