Rhizophydiales

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Rhizophydiales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Rhizophydiales
Letcher[1]

The Rhizophydiales are an order of fungi that include the following genera:

  • Rhizophydium Schenk 1858
  • Kappamyces Letcher & M.J. Powell 2005
  • Terramyces Letcher 2006
  • Boothiomyces Letcher 2006
  • Batrachochytrium Longcore, Pessier & D.K. Nichols 1999 (no clear relatives)[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Letcher, P.M. (2006). "Ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic delineation of a new order, the Rhizophydiales (Chytridiomycota)". Mycol. Res. 110: 898–915. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2006.06.011. 
  2. ^ Hibbett, D.S., et al. (Mar 2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycological Research 111 (5): 509–547. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. 
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