Allomyces
Allomyces | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Blastocladiomycota |
Class: | Blastocladiomycetes |
Order: | Blastocladiales |
Family: | Blastocladiaceae |
Genus: | Allomyces E.J.Butler (1911) |
Type species | |
Allomyces arbusculus E.J.Butler (1911) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Allomyces is a genus of chytrid fungi in the family Blastocladiaceae. It was described by British mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911. Species in the genus have a polycentric thallus and reproduce asexually by zoospores that have a whiplash-like flagella. They are mostly isolated from soils in tropical countries, commonly in ponds, rice fields, and slow-moving rivers.[2]
Species
- Allomyces anomalus
- Allomyces arbusculus
- Allomyces attomyces
- Allomyces catenoides
- Allomyces cystogenus
- Allomyces javanicus
- Allomyces kniepii
- Allomyces macrogynus
- Allomyces moniliformis
- Allomyces neomoniliformis
- Allomyces reticulatus
- Allomyces strangulata
References
- ↑ "Synonymy: Allomyces E.J. Butler, Ann. Bot., Lond. 25: 1027 (1911)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ↑ Sharma PD. (2005). Fungi and Allied Organisms. Alpha Science International. pp. 145–6. ISBN 978-1-84265-277-0.