Completoria
| Completoria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Subdivision: | Entomophthoromycotina |
| Class: | Entomophthorales |
| Order: | Entomophthorales |
| Family: | Completoriaceae Humber (1989)[1] |
| Genus: | Completoria Lohde (1874) |
| Type species | |
| Completoria complens Lohde (1874) | |
Completoria is a fungal genus in the monotypic family Completoriaceae, of the order Entomophthorales. Completoria is itself monotypic, containing a single species, Completoria complens. The species is rare, known only from greenhouse cultures where it grows as an obligate intracellular parasite of fern gametophytes.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Humber RA. "Synopsis of a revised classification for the Entomophthorales (Zygomycotina)". Mycotaxon 34 (2): 441–60 (see p. 453).