Spizellomycetales is an
order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
of
fungi in the
Chytridiomycetes. Spizellomycetalean chytrids are essentially ubiquitous
zoospore-producing fungi found in soils where they decompose pollen. Recently they have also been found in dung and harsh alpine environments, greatly expanding the range of habitats where one can expect to find these fungi.
Role in the environment
Spizellomycetalean chytrids have beneficial roles in the soil for nutrient recycling and as parasites of organisms that attack plants, such as nematodes and oospores of downy mildews. On the other hand, they also have detrimental roles as parasites of arbuscular mycorrhizae, symbiotic fungi that help plants gain essential nutrients.
[ Culture isolation studies and molecular characterization of these fungi have demonstrated a great deal of undescribed diversity within the Spizellomycetales, even for isolates collected within the same geographic location.][ Thus, these understudied fungi await greater exploration.
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Taxonomy
The order includes the following genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
:
* Family Caulochytriaceae Subramanian 1974
** Genus '' Caulochytrium'' Voos & Olive 1968
* Family Powellomycetaceae Simmons 2011
** Genus '' Fimicolochytrium'' Simmons & Longcore 2012
** Genus '' Geranomyces'' D.R. Simmons 2011[
** Genus '' Powellomyces'' Longcore, D.J.S. Barr & Désauln. 1995
** Genus '' Thoreauomyces'' Simmons & Longcore 2012
* Family Spizellomycetaceae Barr 1980
** Genus '' Brevicalcar'' Letcher & M.J. Powell 2017
** Genus '' Bulbomyces'' Letcher & M.J. Powell 2017
** Genus '']Gaertneriomyces
''Gaertneriomyces'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Spizellomycetaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Southeastern Asia and Australia.
Species:
*''Gaertneriomyces californicus''
*''Gaertneriomyces palmatus''
*''Gaertnerio ...
'' D.J.S. Barr 1980
** Genus '' Gallinipes'' Letcher & M.J. Powell 2017
** Genus ''Kochiomyces
''Kochiomyces'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Spizellomycetaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Denmark.
Species:
* ''Kochiomyces dichotomus'' (Umphlett) D.J.S.Barr
References
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Chytridiom ...
'' D.J.S. Barr 1980Spizellomyces
Spizellomycetales is an Order (biology), order of fungi in the Chytridiomycetes. Spizellomycetalean chytrids are essentially ubiquitous zoospore-producing fungi found in soils where they decompose pollen. Recently they have also been found in dun ...
'' D.J.S. Barr 1980
** Genus '' Triparticalcar'' D.J.S. Barr 1980
See also
* '' Rozella''
References
External links
Chytrid Fungi Online
by the University of Alabama
Chytridiomycota
Fungus orders
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