Dimargaritales Explained

Dimargaritales is a monotypic order of fungi in the monotypic Dimargaritomycetes class within thesubdivision of Kickxellomycotina.^[1]

Dimargaritales was published in 1979, while Dimargaritomycetes was published by Tedersoo et al. in Fungal Diversity vol.90, Issue 1 on page 151 in 2018.^[2]

It is parasitic.^[3] But can grow solitary on agar media, thus cold facultative parasite.

Only one family, Dimargaritaceae, exists, containing three genera:

• Dimargaritaceae
  • Dimargaris - 7 spp.
  • Dispira - 4 spp.
  • Tieghemiomyces - 2 spp.
• Dimargaritales incertae sedis
  • Spinalia^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zygomycota . 2009-03-07.
2. Tedersoo . L. . Sánchez-Ramírez . S. . Kõljalg . U. . Bahram . M. . Döring . M. . Schigel . D.S. . May . T.W. . Ryberg . M. . Abarenkov . K. . High-level classification of the Fungi and a tool for evolutionary ecological analyses. . Fungal Diversity . 2018 . 90 . 1 . 135–159 . 10.1007/s13225-018-0401-0. free .
3. Tanabe Y, O'Donnell K, Saikawa M, Sugiyama J . Molecular phylogeny of parasitic zygomycota (Dimargaritales, zoopagales) based on nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences . Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. . 16 . 2 . 253–62 . August 2000 . 10942611 . 10.1006/mpev.2000.0775 .
4. Web site: Spinalia . MycoBank . 23 September 2018.