Class Sordariomycetes Eriksson and Winka 1997
Parent taxon: Pezizomycotina according to L. Tedersoo et al. 2018
See also Lumbsch and Huhndorf 2007
Sister taxa: Arthoniomycetes, Collemopsidiomycetes, Coniocybomycetes, Dothideomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Geoglossomycetes, Laboulbeniomycetes, Lecanoromycetes, Leotiomycetes, Lichinomycetes, Orbiliomycetes, Pezizomycetes, Xylonomycetes
Subtaxa: Hypocreomycetidae Meliolales Palaeosordaria Xylariales