Topic summary
Pyxidiophorales
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pyxidiophoraceae.
The Pyxidiophorales are an order of fungi in the classLaboulbeniomycetes. The order was created in 2001 to contain the single familyPyxidiophoraceae, circumscribed in 1971. The Pyxidiophoraceae are mostly coprophilous fungi that associate with mites and other arthropods. The type genus, Pyxidiophora, the largest genus of the family, has about 20 species.