Aphelida Explained

Aphelida is a phylum of Fungi that appears to be the sister to true fungi.^[1]

Taxonomy

• Phylum Aphelidiomycota Tedersoo 2018 [Aphelida <small>Karpov, Aleoshin & Mikhailov 2014</small>]^[2]
  • Class Aphelidiomycetes Tedersoo 2018 [Aphelidea <small>Gromov 2000</small>]
    • Order Aphelidiales Tedersoo et al. 2018 [<nowiki/>[[Aphelidida]] Gromov 2000 non Cavalier-Smith 2012]
      • Family Aphelididae Gromov 2000 [Amoeboaphelidiidae <small>Cavalier-Smith 2012</small>]
        • Genus Amoeboaphelidium Scherffel 1925 emend. Karpov 2014
        • Genus Paraphelidium Karpov, Moreira & Lopez-Garcia 2017
        • Genus Pseudaphelidium Schweikert & Schnepf 1996
        • Genus Aphelidium Zopf 1885 emend. Gromov 2000

Notes and References

1. CAVALIER-SMITH, Thomas . Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa . European Journal of Protistology . 2013 . 49 . 2 . 115–178 . 0932-4739 . 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001 . 23085100.
2. Karpov. et al . Morphology, phylogeny and ecology of the aphelids (Aphelidea, Opisthokonta) and proposal for the new superphylum Opisthosporidia . Frontiers in Microbiology . 5. 112. 2014 . 24734027. 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00112 . 3975115. free .