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Fungus classes are the classes within the divisions of fungi, chiefly the Ascomycota, the yeasts and sac fungi, and the Basidiomycota, the club fungi. GBIF lists about two dozen classes under Ascomycota, led by Dothideomycetes with about 62,702 descendant taxa, Sordariomycetes with about 61,262, Lecanoromycetes with about 30,361, Eurotiomycetes with about 29,519 and Leotiomycetes with about 27,072. It lists at least 19 under Basidiomycota, where Agaricomycetes dominates with about 145,484 and is followed by Pucciniomycetes with about 10,411, Tremellomycetes with about 5,874 and Ustilaginomycetes with about 2,076.

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Agaricomycetes

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Chytridiomycetes

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Dothideomycetes

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Eurotiomycetes

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Pucciniomycetes

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Saccharomycetes

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Sordariomycetes

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Ustilaginomycetes

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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Ascomycota
GBIF Secretariat
  • Children of Ascomycota
    "canonicalName":"Dothideomycetes","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":62702
  • Children of Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes
    "canonicalName":"Sordariomycetes","vernacularName":"Pyrenomycete","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":61262
  • Children of Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes
    "canonicalName":"Lecanoromycetes","vernacularName":"Common Lichens","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":30361
  • Children of Ascomycota: Eurotiomycetes
    "canonicalName":"Eurotiomycetes","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":29519
  • Children of Ascomycota: Leotiomycetes
    "canonicalName":"Leotiomycetes","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":27072
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Basidiomycota
GBIF Secretariat
  • Children of Basidiomycota
    "canonicalName":"Agaricomycetes","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":145484
  • Children of Basidiomycota: Pucciniomycetes
    "canonicalName":"Pucciniomycetes","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":10411
  • Children of Basidiomycota: Tremellomycetes
    "canonicalName":"Tremellomycetes","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":5874
  • Children of Basidiomycota: Ustilaginomycetes
    "canonicalName":"Ustilaginomycetes","vernacularName":"Smut Fungi","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"CLASS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":2076
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UC Museum of Paleontology: Systematics of the Fungi
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Ascomycota (yeasts and sac fungi), and the Basidiomycota (club fungi)
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Wikipedia: Agaricomycetes
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The Agaricomycetes are a class of fungi in the division Basidiomycota.
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Wikipedia: Saccharomycetes
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Saccharomycetes belongs to the Ascomycota division of the kingdom Fungi.
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Wikipedia: Chytridiomycetes
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Chytridiomycetes () is a class of fungi. Members are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries.
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Wikipedia: Sordariomycetes
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Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota).
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Wikipedia: Dothideomycetes
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Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi.
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Wikipedia: Pucciniomycetes
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Pucciniomycetes (formerly known as Urediniomycetidae) is a diverse class of fungi in the subphylum Pucciniomycotina of phylum Basidiomycota.
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Wikipedia: Eurotiomycetes
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Eurotiomycetes is a large class of ascomycetes with cleistothecial ascocarps within the subphylum Pezizomycotina, currently containing around 3810 species according to the Catalogue of Life.
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Wikipedia: Ustilaginomycetes
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Ustilaginomycetes is the class of true smut fungi.
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