Phylum Ascomycota
Class Leotiomycetes/order Helotiales
Three species from the order Helotiales were sequenced within the MGI project, Oidiodendron maius, Meliniomyces bicolor and M. variabilis. All three species form ericoid mycorrhiza with shrubs in the Ericaceae family (e.g., Vaccinium spp. and Calluna vulgaris). Both Meliniomyces spp.