Leotiomycetes
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leotiomycetes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6156602 — 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: Leotiomycetes Context triple: [Pezizomycotina, includes, Leotiomycetes]
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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.
Pezizomycetes
Pezizomycetes is a class of ascomycete fungi that includes many cup fungi and truffle-forming species.
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C.
Hypocreales
Hypocreales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes that includes many species known as plant pathogens, endophytes, and producers of bioactive compounds.
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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.
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: Leotiomycetes Target entity description: 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.
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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.
Pezizomycetes
Pezizomycetes is a class of ascomycete fungi that includes many cup fungi and truffle-forming species.
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C.
Hypocreales
Hypocreales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes that includes many species known as plant pathogens, endophytes, and producers of bioactive compounds.
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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.
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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal class
ⓘ
taxonomic class ⓘ |
| ascocarpType | apothecial ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | chitin ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
cup-like fruiting bodies
ⓘ
production of spores in apothecia ⓘ |
| containsOrder |
Erysiphales
ⓘ
Helotiales ⓘ Leotiales ⓘ Rhytismatales ⓘ Thelebolales ⓘ |
| describedAs | cup fungi ⓘ |
| division | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole |
endophyte
ⓘ
lichenicolous fungus ⓘ plant pathogen ⓘ saprobe ⓘ |
| habitat |
plant tissues
ⓘ
soil ⓘ terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | filamentous mycelium ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Dikarya
ⓘ
Leotiomyceta ⓘ |
| hyphalType | septate hyphae ⓘ |
| importance |
economically important plant pathogens
ⓘ
important decomposers of organic matter ⓘ |
| includes |
needle cast fungi
ⓘ
plant pathogens ⓘ powdery mildew fungi ⓘ saprobes ⓘ snow mold fungi ⓘ |
| includesPathogensOf |
angiosperms
ⓘ
crops ⓘ forest trees ⓘ gymnosperms ⓘ |
| isA | filamentous ascomycete fungi ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
asexual reproduction via conidia
ⓘ
sexual reproduction via asci ⓘ |
| nutritionMode | heterotrophic ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure |
apothecium
ⓘ
cup-like ascocarp ⓘ |
| sporeDispersal | airborne ⓘ |
| sporeType | ascospore ⓘ |
| subdivision | Pezizomycotina ⓘ |
| taxonRank | class ⓘ |
| typeOfAscomycete | Pezizomycotina ascomycete ⓘ |
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: Leotiomycetes Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.