Chytridiomycetes

Chytridiomycetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Chytridiomycota
Class:	Chytridiomycetes Caval.-Sm (1998)[1]
Orders
Chytridiales Lobulomycetales Rhizophydiales Rhizophlyctidales Spizellomycetales Cladochytriales Polychytriales Gromochytriales Mesochytriales

Chytridiomycetes (/kᵻˌtrɪdioʊmaɪˈsiːtiːz, -ˈsiːts/^[2]) is a class of fungi. Members are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries. They are first known from the Rhynie chert.^[3] It has recently been redefined to exclude the taxa Neocallimastigomycota and Monoblepharidomycetes, which are now a phylum and a sister-class respectively.^[4]

Chytridiomycetes is the major class of the phylum Chytridiomycota,^[5] which contains a number of parasitic species. At least two species in this class are known to infect a number of amphibian species.^[6]

Phylogeny

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

?Mesochytriales Mesochytriaceae Karpov & Aleoshin 2014 ?Gromochytriales Gromochytriaceae Karpov & Aleoshin 2014 Polytrichiales Polytrichiaceae Longcore & Simmons 2012 Cladochytriales Nowakowskiellaceae Sparrow ex Mozley-Standridge 2009 Septochytriaceae Mozley-Standridge 2009 Cladochytriaceae Schröter 1892 Endochytriaceae Sparrow ex Barr 1980 Synchytriales Synchytriaceae Schröter 1892 Lobulomycetales Lobulomycetaceae Simmons 2009 Chytridiales Achlyogetonaceae Sparrow 1942 Chytriomycetaceae Letcher 2011 Chytridiaceae Nowakowski 1878 Spizellomycetales Caulochytriaceae Subram. 1974 Powellomycetaceae Spizellomycetaceae Barr 1980 Rhizophlyctidales Arizonaphlyctidaceae Borealophlyctidaceae Sonoraphlyctidaceae Rhizophlyctidaceae Rhizophydiales Gorgonomycetaceae Letcher 2006 Kappamycetaceae Letcher 2006 Alphamycetaceae Letcher 2008 Halomycetaceae Letcher & Powell 2015 Protrudomycetaceae Letcher 2008 Angulomycetaceae Letcher 2008 Aquamycetaceae Letcher 2008 Terramycetaceae Letcher 2006 Dinomycetaceae Karpov & Guillou 2014 Coralloidiomycetaceae Doweld 2014 Uebelmesseromycetaceae Powell & Letcher 2015 Operculomycetaceae Doweld 2014 Batrachochytriaceae Doweld 2013 Globomycetaceae Letcher 2008 Pateramycetaceae Letcher 2008 Rhizophydiaceae Werderm. 1954

References

1. Cavalier-Smith T (1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of Life". Biol. Rev. Camb. Philos. Soc. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1998.tb00030.x. PMID 9809012.
2. OED; Howjsay
3. Taylor TN, Remy W, Hass H (1992). "Fungi from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: Chytridiomycetes". American Journal of Botany. 79 (11): 1233–1241. doi:10.2307/2445050. JSTOR 2445050.
4. Hibbett DS, et al. (March 2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycological Research. 111 (5): 509–547. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID 17572334.
5. Sharma PD (2005). Fungi and Allied Organisms. Alpha Science International. ISBN 978-1-84265-277-0.
6. Berger L, Speare R, Hyatt A (1999). "Chytrid Fungi and Amphibian Declines: Overview, Implications and Future Directions". In Campbell A. Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs (PDF). Environment Australia. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-11.
7. Esser K (2014). The Mycota VII A: Systematics and Evolution (2nd ed.). Springer. p. 461. ISBN 978-3-642-55317-2.
8. Powell; Letcher (2015). A new genus and family for the misclassified chytrid, Rhizophlyctis harderi (in press). Mycologia. doi:10.3852/14-223. Retrieved 2016-08-23.