Blastocladiomycota

Blastocladiomycota
Zoosporangia of an Allomyces sp. sporophyte growing on agar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Subkingdom: Blastocladiomyceta
Division: Blastocladiomycota
T.Y.James (2006)[1]
Classes and orders

Blastocladiomycota is one of the currently recognized phyla within the kingdom Fungi.[3] Blastocladiomycota was originally the order Blastocladiales within the phylum Chytridiomycota until molecular and zoospore ultrastructural characters were used to demonstrate it was not monophyletic with Chytridiomycota.[1] The order was first erected by Petersen for a single genus, Blastocladia, which was originally considered a member of the oomycetes.[4] Accordingly, members of Blastocladiomycota are often referred to colloquially as "chytrids." However, some feel "chytrid" should refer only to members of Chytridiomycota.[5] Thus, members of Blastocladiomycota are commonly called "blastoclads" by mycologists. Alternatively, members of Blastocladiomycota, Chytridiomycota, and Neocallimastigomycota lumped together as the zoosporic true fungi. Blastocladiomycota contains 5 families and approximately 12 genera.[6] This early diverging branch of kingdom Fungi is the first to exhibit alternation of generations.[7] As well, two (once) popular model organisms—Allomyces macrogynus and Blastocladiella emersonii—belong to this phylum.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference James2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Tedersoo, Leho; Sanchez-Ramırez, Santiago; Koljalg, Urmas; Bahram, Mohammad; Doring, Markus; Schigel, Dmitry; May, Tom; Ryberg, Martin; Abarenkov, Kessy (22 February 2018). "High-level classification of the Fungi and a tool for evolutionary ecological analyses". Fungal Diversity. 90 (1): 135–159. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0401-0.
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  6. ^ Porter TM ‘’etal’’ 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the Blastocladiomycota (Fungi) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA. Fungal Biology 115:381-392.
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