Fungus Order

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Helotiales

Description Helotiales is an order of fungi that includes over 3,000 species of saprophytic, mycoparasitic, and plant-pathogenic organisms. These fungi are characterized by their apothecial fruiting bodies, which are disc-shaped or cup-shaped and have a hymenium on the upper surface. The hymenium contains the spore-bearing asci, which are usually cylindrical or club-shaped.Helotiales fungi play important roles in ecosystems as decomposers…