Chytridiales

Fungi of the orderChytridiales, like other members of its division, may either have a monocentric thallus or a polycentric rhizomycelium. When the ribosomal genes of members classified in this order were first examined using molecular techniques, it was discovered that the order contained some species that were not related. With the culture and characterization of , the type species of this order, the limits of the Chytridiales were established. The Chytridiales is now monophyletic and species such as , and have been transferred to other orders.