Sordariomycetes (antagonists)

Ascomycota antag. • fungal antagonists • antagonists • beneficials

Clonostachys rosea (= Gliocladium roseum) - asexual spores (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service
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Sordariomycetes (antagonists)
This is an important class of ascomycete fungi with many plant pathogenic as well as beneficial and antagonistic species. It includes the important genus Trichoderma with many species used against plant pathogenic fungi.

This page deals only with species which are antagonistic to plant diseases, for other groups see:

• Sordariomycetes (plant pathogens)
• Sordariomycetes (beneficial entomopathogens)
• Sordariomycetes (beneficial pathogens of weeds)

The following orders of antagonistic Sordariomycetes are included in the system:

• Glomerellales (a few antagonistic forms of plant pathogenic species)
• Hypocreales (important antagonistic genera like Trichoderma, Lecanicillium or Hirsutella)
• Ophiostomatales (a few antagonistic forms of pathogenic species)
• Sordariales (a few antagonistic species)