Kickxellaceae

Kickxellaceae
"Coemansia" sp. perhaps "C. electa"
Coemansia sp. perhaps C. electa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Kickxellomycota
Class: Kickxellomycetes
Order: Kickxellales
Kreisel ex R.K.Benj.
Family: Kickxellaceae
Linder
Type genus
Kickxella

The Kickxellales are an order of fungi classified under Kickxellomycotina. It contains the single family Kickxellaceae, which contains roughly 37 species as of 2014.

It is not monophyletic.

Fungi of this order are rarely encountered; they are usually saprotrophic, coprophilus, or rarely mycoparasitic. Most species release their spores in a droplet of fluid upon reaching maturity.

Genera

References

  1. ↑ "Zygomycota". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
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  4. ↑ Benny, Gerald L.; Smith, Matthew E.; Kirk, Paul M.; Tretter, Eric D.; White, Merlin M. (2016). "Challenges and Future Perspectives in the Systematics of Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina". Biology of Microfungi. Fungal Biology. pp. 65–126. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_5. ISBN 978-3-319-29135-2.