Pezizomycotina
E137336
Pezizomycotina is a major subphylum of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many ecologically and economically important molds, plant pathogens, and decomposers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pezizomycotina canonical | 117 |
| Lecanoromycetes | 1 |
| Pezizomycotina ascomycetes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1142644 — 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: Pezizomycotina Context triple: [Sordariomycetes, subphylum, Pezizomycotina]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Dikarya
Dikarya is a major fungal subkingdom that includes the sac fungi and club fungi, characterized by a life cycle stage in which cells contain two genetically distinct nuclei.
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D.
Trichosphaeriales
Trichosphaeriales is an order of ascomycete fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mostly saprobic species that decompose plant material.
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E.
Pisorisporiales
Pisorisporiales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with aquatic or decaying plant habitats.
- 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: Pezizomycotina Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Dikarya
Dikarya is a major fungal subkingdom that includes the sac fungi and club fungi, characterized by a life cycle stage in which cells contain two genetically distinct nuclei.
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D.
Trichosphaeriales
Trichosphaeriales is an order of ascomycete fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mostly saprobic species that decompose plant material.
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E.
Pisorisporiales
Pisorisporiales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with aquatic or decaying plant habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal subphylum
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taxon ⓘ |
| commonName | filamentous ascomycetes ⓘ |
| contains |
many agriculturally important plant pathogens
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many economically important species ⓘ many industrially important molds ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Saccharomycotina by complex multicellular structures
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Saccharomycotina by filamentous growth ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposer
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endophyte ⓘ lichen symbiont ⓘ plant pathogen ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
filamentous growth form
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forms septate hyphae ⓘ often forms complex fruiting bodies ⓘ produces ascospores in asci ⓘ |
| higherTaxon | Dikarya ⓘ |
| includes |
Arthoniomycetes
ⓘ
Coniocybomycetes ⓘ Dothideomycetes ⓘ
linked to:
Ascomycota
Eurotiomycetes ⓘ Geoglossomycetes ⓘ Laboulbeniomycetes ⓘ Lecanoromycetes ⓘ
linked to:
Pezizomycotina
Leotiomycetes ⓘ Lichinomycetes ⓘ Orbiliomycetes ⓘ Pezizomycetes ⓘ Sordariomycetes ⓘ Xylonomycetes ⓘ endophytic fungi ⓘ lichen-forming fungi ⓘ many molds ⓘ plant pathogenic fungi ⓘ saprotrophic fungi ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Aspergillus fumigatus
ⓘ
Botrytis cinerea ⓘ Claviceps purpurea ⓘ Magnaporthe oryzae ⓘ Neurospora crassa ⓘ Penicillium chrysogenum ⓘ Tuber melanosporum ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual reproduction via conidia
ⓘ
sexual reproduction via ascospores ⓘ |
| sisterGroup |
Saccharomycotina
ⓘ
Taphrinomycotina ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subphylum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Pezizomycotina Description of subject: Pezizomycotina is a major subphylum of filamentous ascomycete fungi that includes many ecologically and economically important molds, plant pathogens, and decomposers.
Referenced by (119)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pezizomycotina
linked to: Pezizomycotina