Pezizales

Pezizales
Aleuria aurantia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Subclass:	Pezizomycetidae
Order:	Pezizales J.Schröt. (1897)
Families
Ascobolaceae Ascodesmidaceae Caloscyphaceae Carbomycetaceae Chorioactidaceae Discinaceae Glaziellaceae Helvellaceae Karstenellaceae Morchellaceae Pezizaceae Pyronemataceae Rhizinaceae Sarcoscyphaceae Sarcosomataceae Tuberaceae Genera incertae sedis Urceolaria

The Pezizales are an order of the subphylum Pezizomycotina within the phylum Ascomycota. The order contains 16 families, 199 genera, and 1683 species.^[1] It contains a number of species of economic importance, such as morels, the black and white truffles, and the desert truffles. The Pezizales can be saprobic, mycorrhizal, or parasitic on plants. Species grow on soil, wood, leaves and dung. Soil-inhabiting species often fruit in habitats with a high pH and low content of organic matter, including disturbed ground. Most species occur in temperate regions or at high elevation. Several members of the Sarcoscyphaceae and Sarcosomataceae are common in tropical regions.