Chytriomyces

Chytriomyces
Chytriomyces hyalinus growing on nutrient agar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Chytridiales
Family: Chytriomycetaceae
Genus: Chytriomyces
Karling (1945)
Type species
Chytriomyces hyalinus
Karling (1945)

Chytriomyces is the type genus of fungi in the family Chytriomycetaceae. The genus was described by mycologist John Sidney Karling in 1945.[1] The family, created by Peter Letcher in 2011, contains species with a Group I-type zoospore, distinguishing it from Chytridiaceae members, which have a Group II-type zoospore.[2]

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