moniliales

from The Century Dictionary.

• The largest order of the group Fungi Imperfecti, frequently called Hyphomycetes, containing the 4 families Moniliaceæ, Dematiaceæ, Stilbaceæ, and Tuberculaceæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun plural (Bot.) The largest of the three orders into which the Fungi Imperfecti are divided, including various forms.

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• noun order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium