Mixiomycetes

Mixiomycetes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Pucciniomycotina
Class: Mixiomycetes
R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006)[3]
Order: Mixiales
R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006)[3]
Family: Mixiaceae
C.L.Kramer (1987)[2]
Genus: Mixia
C.L.Kramer (1958)[1]
Species:
M. osmundae
Binomial name
Mixia osmundae
(Nishida) C.L.Kramer (1958)[1]

The Mixiomycetes are a class of fungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. The class contains a single order, the Mixiales, which in turn contains a single family, the Mixiaceae that circumscribes the monotypic genus Mixia.[4] Only one species has been described to date, Mixia osmundae; this species was originally named Taphrina osmundae by Japanese mycologist Toji Nishida in 1911.[5] It is characterized by having multinucleate hyphae, and by producing multiple spores on sporogenous cells.[3]

The genus name of Mixia is in honour of Arthur Jackson Mix (1888-1956), who was an American mycologist, who worked at the University of Kansas and used to study of the 'Taphrinales'.[6]

The genus was circumscribed by Charles Lawrence Kramer in Mycologia vol.50 (Issue 6) on page 924 in 1958.[citation needed]

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  4. ^ "Mixia C.L.Kramer, 1959". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.