Chytriomycetaceae

Chytriomycetaceae
Chytriomyces hyalinus growing on nutrient agar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Chytridiales
Family: Chytriomycetaceae
Letcher (2011)
Type genus
Chytriomyces
Karling (1949)

The Chytriomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Chytridiales.[1]

Rhizoclosmatium aurantiacum zoosporangium with characteristic orange coloration and apophysis.
  1. ^ Vélez, C.G.; Letcher, P.M.; Schultz, S.; Powell, M.J.; Churchill, P.F. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetic and zoospore ultrastructural analyses of Chytridium olla establish the limits of a monophyletic Chytridiales". Mycologia. 103 (1): 118–130. doi:10.3852/10-001. PMID 20943553.