Endogonales is an order of fungi within the phylum of Zygomycota,[2] and in class Endogonomycetes.

[3] The Endogales were originally formed to hold a single family, the Endogonaceae, which comprised 15 species in four genera (Endogone, Peridiospora, Sclerogone, and Youngiomyces).

Taylor was placed in the Endogonaceae family, but holds only fossils reported from the Middle Triassic formations.

[3] The life cycle of the Endogonales is distinguished by their production of small sporocarps containing many zygospores, which are eaten by rodents and distributed by their faeces.

They also produce a fetid odour that attracts mammals and encourages them to eat their fruiting bodies, and so spread their spores.