Chytridiomycetes Explained

Chytridiomycetes (^[1]) is a class of fungi. Members are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries. They are first known from the Rhynie chert.^[2] It has recently been redefined to exclude the taxa Neocallimastigomycota and Monoblepharidomycetes, which are now a phylum and a sister-class respectively.^[3]

Chytridiomycetes is the major class of the phylum Chytridiomycota,^[4] which contains a number of parasitic species. At least two species in this class are known to infect a number of amphibian species.^[5]

Phylogeny

Based on the work of "The Mycota: A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research",^[6] Powell and Letcher 2015^[7] and Karpov et al. 2014.^[8]

Notes and References

1. OED; Howjsay
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4. Book: Sharma PD . 2005. Fungi and Allied Organisms . Alpha Science International . 978-1-84265-277-0.
5. Book: Berger L, Speare R, Hyatt A . 1999 . Chytrid Fungi and Amphibian Declines: Overview, Implications and Future Directions . Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs . 23 . http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/pubs/frogs.pdf . Campbell A . Environment Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911123332/http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/pubs/frogs.pdf . 2007-09-11.
6. Book: Esser K . The Mycota VII A: Systematics and Evolution (2nd ed.) . Springer . 2014 . 461 . 978-3-642-55317-2 .
7. Powell . Letcher . A new genus and family for the misclassified chytrid, Rhizophlyctis harderi (in press). 2015 . Mycologia. 107. 2. 419–31 . 10.3852/14-223 . 25572098 . 24144836 . 2016-08-23.
8. Karpov etal . March 2014 . Gromochytrium mamkaevae gen. & sp. nov. and two new orders: Gromochytriales and Mesochytriales (Chytridiomycetes) . 32 . 115–126 . 10.3767/003158514X680234 . Persoonia . 25264386 . 4150072 .