Dothideomycetes

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class of fungi taxon

Dothideomycetes is a large and diverse class of ascomycete fungi that includes many important plant pathogens and saprobes found in a wide range of terrestrial habitats.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dothideomycetes canonical	5
Dothideales	1
Dothideomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka (author citation)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6307320 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dothideomycetes
Context triple: [Venturia inaequalis, class, Dothideomycetes]

A. Pleosporales
Pleosporales is a large order of ascomycete fungi that includes many plant-pathogenic and saprobic species found in diverse terrestrial habitats.
B. Leotiomycetes
Leotiomycetes is a class of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many plant pathogens and saprobes, characterized by producing their spores in apothecia or similar cup-like fruiting bodies.
C. Pezizomycetes
Pezizomycetes is a class of ascomycete fungi that includes many cup fungi and truffle-forming species.
D. Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a large and diverse phylum of fungi characterized by producing spores in sac-like structures called asci, and includes yeasts, molds, and many plant pathogens.
E. Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a large class of sac fungi (Ascomycota) that includes many plant pathogens, endophytes, and decomposers characterized by flask-shaped fruiting bodies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dothideomycetes
Target entity description: Dothideomycetes is a large and diverse class of ascomycete fungi that includes many important plant pathogens and saprobes found in a wide range of terrestrial habitats.

A. Pleosporales
Pleosporales is a large order of ascomycete fungi that includes many plant-pathogenic and saprobic species found in diverse terrestrial habitats.
B. Leotiomycetes
Leotiomycetes is a class of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many plant pathogens and saprobes, characterized by producing their spores in apothecia or similar cup-like fruiting bodies.
C. Pezizomycetes
Pezizomycetes is a class of ascomycete fungi that includes many cup fungi and truffle-forming species.
D. Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a large and diverse phylum of fungi characterized by producing spores in sac-like structures called asci, and includes yeasts, molds, and many plant pathogens.
E. Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a large class of sac fungi (Ascomycota) that includes many plant pathogens, endophytes, and decomposers characterized by flask-shaped fruiting bodies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	class of fungi ⓘ taxon ⓘ
causesDisease	Septoria tritici blotch of wheat (via Zymoseptoria tritici) ⓘ apple scab (via Venturia inaequalis) ⓘ leaf spots and blights on many crops ⓘ
contains	many plant pathogens ⓘ many saprobes ⓘ
distribution	cosmopolitan ⓘ occurs in arid regions ⓘ occurs in boreal regions ⓘ occurs in temperate regions ⓘ occurs in tropical regions ⓘ
division	Ascomycota ⓘ
ecologicalRole	endophyte ⓘ lichenicolous fungus in some lineages ⓘ plant pathogen ⓘ saprobe ⓘ
economicImpact	causes plant diseases that reduce agricultural yields ⓘ includes important crop pathogens ⓘ
habitat	terrestrial habitats ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	forms asci within pseudothecia or locules ⓘ large and diverse group ⓘ often has bitunicate asci ⓘ often has darkly pigmented (dematiaceous) mycelium or spores ⓘ
hasSynonym	Dothideomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka (author citation) ⓘ linked to: Dothideomycetes
includes	many endophytes ⓘ many epiphytes ⓘ many foliar plant pathogens ⓘ many saprobic species on plant debris ⓘ many stem and fruit pathogens ⓘ
includesOrder	Acrospermales ⓘ Asterinales ⓘ Botryosphaeriales ⓘ Capnodiales ⓘ Cladosporiales ⓘ Dothideales ⓘ linked to: Dothideomycetes Hysteriales ⓘ Jahnulales ⓘ Kirschsteiniotheliales ⓘ Microthyriales ⓘ Monoblastiales ⓘ Myriangiales ⓘ Patellariales ⓘ Pleosporales ⓘ Pleosporales s.l. (sensu lato) with many families ⓘ Strigulales ⓘ Trypetheliales ⓘ Tubeufiales ⓘ Venturiales ⓘ
kingdom	Fungi ⓘ
morphology	ascospores often septate ⓘ often produces pseudothecial or loculoascomycete ascomata ⓘ
notableMember	Alternaria ⓘ Cladosporium ⓘ Mycosphaerella ⓘ Venturia inaequalis ⓘ Zymoseptoria tritici ⓘ
recognizedBy	Index Fungorum ⓘ MycoBank ⓘ linked to: Index Fungorum
reproduction	asexual reproduction via conidia ⓘ sexual reproduction via asci and ascospores ⓘ
subdivision	Pezizomycotina ⓘ
systematics	belongs to subphylum Pezizomycotina of Ascomycota ⓘ one of the largest classes of Ascomycota ⓘ
taxonRank	class ⓘ
typeOf	ascomycete fungi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Venturia inaequalis → class → Dothideomycetes ⓘ

Venturia → class → Dothideomycetes ⓘ

Venturiaceae → class → Dothideomycetes ⓘ

Spilocaea pomi → class → Dothideomycetes ⓘ

Pleosporales → class → Dothideomycetes ⓘ

Dothideomycetes → includesOrder → Dothideales ⓘ

linked to: Dothideomycetes

Dothideomycetes → hasSynonym → Dothideomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka (author citation) ⓘ