moniliales

WORDNET DICTIONARY

moniliales(n = noun.plant) order moniliales - order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium;

is a kind of fungus order

is a member of deuteromycota, deuteromycotina, fungi imperfecti, subdivision deuteromycota, subdivision deuteromycotina

moniliales, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. monile necklace, -- because the conidia are produced in chains.].

The largest of the three orders into which the Fungi Imperfecti are divided, including various forms. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]