Sordariales
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Sordariales is an order of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for producing perithecial fruiting bodies and inhabiting diverse terrestrial environments, often as decomposers or plant-associated species.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sordariales canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1142662 — 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: Sordariales Context triple: [Sordariomycetes, includesOrder, Sordariales]
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A.
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a large class of sac fungi (Ascomycota) that includes many plant pathogens, endophytes, and decomposers characterized by flask-shaped fruiting bodies.
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B.
Trichosphaeriales
Trichosphaeriales is an order of ascomycete fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mostly saprobic species that decompose plant material.
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C.
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.
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D.
Pezizomycotina
Pezizomycotina is a major subphylum of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many ecologically and economically important molds, plant pathogens, and decomposers.
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E.
Fragosphaeria
Fragosphaeria is a genus of fungi classified within the family Ophiostomataceae, which comprises species often associated with wood and bark.
- 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: Sordariales Target entity description: Sordariales is an order of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for producing perithecial fruiting bodies and inhabiting diverse terrestrial environments, often as decomposers or plant-associated species.
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A.
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a large class of sac fungi (Ascomycota) that includes many plant pathogens, endophytes, and decomposers characterized by flask-shaped fruiting bodies.
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B.
Trichosphaeriales
Trichosphaeriales is an order of ascomycete fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mostly saprobic species that decompose plant material.
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C.
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.
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D.
Pezizomycotina
Pezizomycotina is a major subphylum of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many ecologically and economically important molds, plant pathogens, and decomposers.
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E.
Fragosphaeria
Fragosphaeria is a genus of fungi classified within the family Ophiostomataceae, which comprises species often associated with wood and bark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
order of fungi
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taxon ⓘ |
| ascocarpType | perithecial ascocarp ⓘ |
| authority | Chadefaud ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | perithecial ascomycetes ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | perithecial fruiting bodies ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| contains |
Bombardiaceae
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Chaetomiaceae ⓘ Chaetomiaceae s. lato ⓘ Chaetomiaceae-like genera ⓘ Diplogelasinosporaceae ⓘ Lasiosphaeriaceae ⓘ Naviculisporaceae ⓘ Podosporaceae ⓘ Sordariomycetes ⓘ
surface form:
Sordariaceae
|
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposer
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plant-associated fungus ⓘ saprobe ⓘ |
| habitat | terrestrial environments ⓘ |
| importance |
decomposition of plant material
ⓘ
model organisms in genetics ⓘ nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| includes |
coprophilous fungi
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litter-decomposing fungi ⓘ soil fungi ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Bombardia
ⓘ
Chaetomiaceae ⓘ
surface form:
Chaetomium
Lasiosphaeria ⓘ Neurospora ⓘ Neurospora crassa ⓘ
surface form:
Neurospora crassa complex
Podospora ⓘ Sordaria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| morphology | filamentous mycelium ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | perithecium ⓘ |
| scientificName | Sordariales self-link ⓘ |
| sporeType | ascospore ⓘ |
| subphylum | Pezizomycotina ⓘ |
| substrate |
animal dung
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plant debris ⓘ soil organic matter ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| trophicMode |
coprophilous
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saprotrophic ⓘ |
| typeOf | filamentous ascomycete fungi ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1960 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sordariales Description of subject: Sordariales is an order of filamentous ascomycete fungi known for producing perithecial fruiting bodies and inhabiting diverse terrestrial environments, often as decomposers or plant-associated species.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.