 Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has substantially supported Bandoni's revised circumscription of the Auriculariales, but has moved the Sebacinaceae to their own separate order, the Sebacinales.The status of the constituent families has not yet been examined, but a clade containing "Auricularia" and "Exidia" species equates to the Auriculariaceae, whilst another containing "Hyaloria" and "Myxarium" species equates to the Hyaloriaceae.The majority of species within the Auriculariales produce gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on dead wood.