Pseudofungi

Pseudofungi
Achlya sp. growing on a hemp seed
Achlya sp. growing on a hemp seed
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Pseudofungi
Cavalier-Smith, 1986[1]
Groups
Synonyms

Heterokontimycotina M.W. Dick, 1976

Pseudofungi is a grouping of heterokonts,[2][3] also known as the Heterokontimycotina.[4] It consists of the Oomycetes and Hyphochytriomycetes.[4] Although numerous biochemical, ultrastructural, and genetic traits clearly place them in the heterokonts, their growth form (featuring hyphae) and mode of nutrition (osmotrophy) resemble that of fungi (which are not closely related).[4]

  1. ^ Prog. Phycol. Res. 4: 341, 1986.
  2. ^ Riisberg I, Orr RJ, Kluge R, et al. (May 2009). "Seven gene phylogeny of heterokonts". Protist. 160 (2): 191–204. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.11.004. PMID 19213601.
  3. ^ Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE (April 2006). "Phylogeny and megasystematics of phagotrophic heterokonts (kingdom Chromista)". J. Mol. Evol. 62 (4): 388–420. Bibcode:2006JMolE..62..388C. doi:10.1007/s00239-004-0353-8. PMID 16557340. S2CID 29567514.
  4. ^ a b c Van der Auwera G, De Baere R, Van de Peer Y, De Rijk P, Van den Broeck I, De Wachter R (July 1995). "The phylogeny of the Hyphochytriomycota as deduced from ribosomal RNA sequences of Hyphochytrium catenoides". Mol. Biol. Evol. 12 (4): 671–8. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040245. PMID 7659021.