Belongs within: Pleosporomycetidae.
Contains: Zopfiaceae, Melanommataceae, Didymosphaeriaceae, Sporormiaceae, Lophiostomataceae, Pleosporaceae, Phaeosphaeriaceae, Leptosphaeriaceae, Cucurbitariaceae, Didymellaceae, Dacampiaceae, Montagnula.
The Pleosporales are a clade of microfungi producing black, often thick-walled ascomata (Kirk et al. 2001).
Characters (Kirk et al. 2001): Thallus or stroma absent or rarely poorly developed. Ascomata perithecial or rarely cleistothecial, sometimes clypeate, variable in form but usually more or less globose, thick-walled, immersed or erumpent, black, normally opening by a well-developed lysigenous ostiole, sometimes hairy or setose; peridium usually thick, composed of pseudoparenchymatous cells. Interascal tissue of cellular or trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, often immersed in J- gel. Asci usually more or less cylindrical, fissitunicate, with a well-developed ocular chamber, rarely also with a poorly defined ring, not blueing in iodine. Ascospores hyaline to brown, septate, thin or thick-walled, sometimes muriform, often with a gelatinous sheath. Anamorphs hyphomycetous or coelomycetous, varied and often prominent.
Pleosporales [Massarinaceae, Melanommatales, Pseudosphaeriales]
|--DelitschiaceaeEB03
| |--Ohleriella Earle 1902EB03, KC01
| |--Semidelitschia Cain & Luck-Allen 1969EB03, KC01
| `--Delitschia Auersw. 1866SS09, KC01 [incl. Delitschiella Sacc. 1905KC01, Pachyspora Kirschst. 1906KC01]
| `--D. winteriSS09
`--+--+--DidymosphaeriaceaeSS09
| `--TestudinaceaeEB03
| |--Eremodothis Arx 1976KC01
| |--Testudina Bizz. 1885 [incl. Marchaliella Winter ex Bommer & Rousseau 1891]KC01
| |--Lepidosphaeria Parg.-Leduc 1970KC01
| | `--L. nicotiaeSS09
| |--Neotestudina Segretain & Destombes 1961 (see below for synonymy)KC01
| | `--N. rosatiiKC01
| `--Ulospora Hawksw., Malloch & Sivan. 1979SS09, KC01
| `--U. bilgramiiSS09
`--+--+--SporormiaceaeSS09
| `--+--‘Trematosphaeria’ heterosporaSS09
| |--LophiostomataceaeSS09
| `--Letendraea Sacc. 1880LK04, KC01
| `--L. helminthicolaLK04
|--ArthopyreniaceaeKC01
| |--AthrisidiumEB03
| |--Mycomicrothelia Keissl. 1936KC01
| |--Semisphaeria Holm & Holm 1991KC01
| `--Arthopyrenia Watson 1929SS09, KC01 (see below for synonymy)
| |--A. laburniKC01
| `--A. salicisSS09
`--+--+--TrematosphaeriaceaeV-LC-L18
| | |--Herpotrichia Fuckel 1868SS09, KC01 (see below for synonymy)
| | | |--H. diffusaSS09
| | | `--+--H. juniperiSS09
| | | `--Trematosphaeria Fuckel 1870SS09, KC01
| | | `--T. pertusaSS09
| | |--EmarelliaV-LC-L18
| | | |--E. griseaV-LC-L18
| | | `--E. paragriseaV-LC-L18
| | `--Trematosphaeria grisea [=Madurella grisea]V-LC-L18
| `--PleomassariaceaeEB03
| |--Asteromassaria Höhn. 1917 [incl. Scolicosporium Lib. ex Roum. 1880]KC01
| |--LichenopyrenisEB03
| |--Peridiothela Hawksw. 1985KC01
| |--Pleomassaria Speg. 1880SS09, KC01
| | `--P. sipariaSS09
| `--Splanchnonema Corda 1829 (see below for synonymy)KC01
| |--'Helminthosporium’ carbonumKD83
| `--'Helminthosporium’ sativumKD83
`--+--+--+--Pyrenochaeta De Not. 1849SS09, KC01 [incl. Herpotrichiopsis Höhn. 1914KC01, Lasiophoma Naumov 1916KC01]
| | | `--P. nobilisSS09
| | `--+--+--‘Coniothyrium’ obionesSS09
| | | `--PleosporaceaeSS09
| | `--+--PhaeosphaeriaceaeSS09
| | `--+--LeptosphaeriaceaeSS09
| | `--CucurbitariaceaeSS09
| `--+--Ascochyta Lib. 1830SS09, KC01 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--A. fabaeKC01
| | |--A. phaseolorumKC01
| | |--A. pisiSS09
| | `--A. rabieiKC01
| `--DidymellaceaeSS09
`--+--DacampiaceaeSS09
`--+--+--Wettsteinina Höhn. 1907SS09, KC01 [incl. Pseudosphaeria Höhn. 1907KC01]
| | `--W. lacustrisSS09
| `--MassariaceaeEB03
| |--Aigialus Kohlm. & Schatz 1986KC01
| |--Decaisnella Fabre 1879KC01
| |--Dothivalsaria Petr. 1966KC01
| |--Navicella Fabre 1879 non Lamarck 1816 (ICZN)KC01
| |--Massaria De Not. 1844SS09, KC01 (see below for synonymy)
| | `--M. platani SS09
| `--Dubitatio Spegazzini 1882EB03, RS99 [=Spegazzinula Saccardo 1883RS99]
| `--*D. dubitationum Spegazzini 1882 (see below for synonymy)RS99
`--+--+--Bimuria Hawksw., Chea & Sheridan 1979SS09, KC01
| | `--B. novae-zelandiaeSS09
| `--Phaeodothis Syd. & Syd. 1904SS09, KC01
| `--P. winteriSS09
`--MontagnulaceaeB01
|--MontagnulaSS09
|--Didymosphaerella Cooke 1889B01
| |--*D. longipes (Trabut) Cooke 1889 (see below for synonymy)B01
| `--D. opulenta (DeNot.) Checa & Barr in Barr 2001 (see below for synonymy)B01
`--Kalmusia Niessl 1872 [incl. Diapleella Munk 1957]B01
|--*K. ebuliB01
|--K. clivensis [=Diapleella clivensis]B01
|--K. coniothyriumB01
|--K. sarothamni Feltgen 1901B01
`--K. utahensisB01
Pleosporales incertae sedis:
Botryomyces Greco 1916PA-W02, KC01
`--B. caespitosusPA-W02
Septosphaeria rostrataIL01
Teichospora Fuckel 1870KC01 [TeichosporaceaeEB03]
ZopfiaceaeRS99
Pseudosolidium Lloyd (as McGinty) 1923 [incl. Ascoporia Samuels & Romero 1991; Ascoporiaceae]RS99
`--*P. solidum (Berkeley & Curtis) Lloyd (as McGinty) 1923 (see below for synonymy)RS99
DiademaceaeB01
|--Clathrospora Rabenh. 1857KC01
|--Comoclathris Clem. 1909 [incl. Platyspora Wehm. 1961]KC01
|--Diademosa Shoemaker & Babc. 1992KC01
`--Diadema Shoemaker & Babc. 1989 non Gray 1825 (ICZN)KC01
Cenococcum Moug. & Fr. 1825LH04, KC01
`--C. geophilumLH04
MorosphaeriaAS12
TetraplosphaeriaAS12
Setomelanomma Morelet 1980LK04, KC01
`--S. holmiiLK04
Ampelomyces Ces. ex Schltdl. 1852LK04, KC01 [incl. Byssocystis Riess 1853KC01, Cicinobolus Ehrenb. 1853KC01]
`--A. quisqualisLK04
MelanommataceaeSS09
Camarosporium Schulzer 1870 (see below for synonymy)KC01
Corynespora Güssow 1906 (nom. cons. prop.) [incl. Corynesporasca Sivan. 1996; Corynesporascaceae]KC01
`--C. cassiicolaBSA97
Cryptodidymosphaerites Currah, Stockey & LePage 1998KC01
FenestellaceaeKC01
|--Fenestella Tul. & Tul. 1863 (see below for synonymy)KC01
`--Lojkania Rehm 1905 [incl. Sydowina Petr. 1923]KC01
Mycodidymella Wei, Harada & Katumoto 1998 (see below for synonymy)KC01
`--*M. aesculi Wei, Harada & Katumoto 1998 (see below for synonymy)E99
NaetrocymbaceaeKC01
|--Jarxia Hawksw. 1989KC01
|--Leptorhaphis Körb. 1855 (nom. cons.) (see below for synonymy)KC01
|--Naetrocymbe Körb. 1865 [incl. Santessoniolichen Tomas. & Cif. 1952, Santessoniomyces Cif. & Tomas. 1953]KC01
|--Tomasellia Massal. 1856 (see below for synonymy)KC01
`--Sporoschizon Riedl 1960KC01
ParodiellaceaeKC01
|--Parodiella Speg. 1880 [incl. Diplodiopsis Henn. 1904, Pyrenochaetina Syd. & Syd. 1916]KC01
`--Pseudomeliola Speg. 1889 [incl. Biotyle Syd. 1929]KC01
Passerinula Saccardo 1875KC01
`--*P. candida Saccardo 1875RS99
Pseudodidymella Wei, Harada & Katum. 1997KC01
Rhopographus Nitschke ex Fuckel 1870KC01
Stagonospora (Sacc.) Sacc. 1884 (nom. cons.) (see below for synonymy)KC01
|--S. curtisiiKC01
`--'Dendropleella’ hirtaB01
Medicopsis romeroi [=Pyrenochaeta romeroi]V-LC-L18
MacrodiplodiopsidaceaeV-LC-L18
|--Macrodiplodiopsis Petr. 1922 [=Macrodiplis Clem. & Shear 1931]KC01
`--Pseudochaetosphaeronema Punith. 1979V-LC-L18, KC01
|--P. larense [=Chaetosphaeronema larense]V-LC-L18
`--P. martinelliV-LC-L18
Nigrograna [Nigrogranaceae]V-LC-L18
`--N. mackinnonii [=Pyrenochaeta mackinnonii]V-LC-L18
ThyridariaceaeV-LC-L18
|--Thyridaria Sacc. 1875 (see below for synonymy)KC01
`--Parathyridaria percutanea [=Roussoella percutanea]V-LC-L18