Entorrhizomycetes

Entorrhizomycetes
Galls on the roots of Juncus articulatus induced by Entorrhiza casparyana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Clade: Symbiomycota
Subkingdom: Dikarya
Bauer (2015) [2]
Division: Entorrhizomycota
Tedersoo, Sánchez-Ramírez, Kõljalg, Bahram, M. Döring, Schigel, T.W. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov (2018)
Class: Entorrhizomycetes
Begerow, Stoll & R.Bauer (2007)[1]
Type genus
Entorrhiza
C.A.Weber (1884)
Order
Synonyms

Entorrhizomycetidae Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997[3]

Entorrhizomycetes is the sole class in the phylum Entorrhizomycota, within the Fungi subkingdom Dikarya along with Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. It contains three genera and is a small group of teliosporic root parasites that form galls on plants in the Juncaceae (rush) and Cyperaceae (sedge) families. Prior to 2015 this phylum was placed under the subdivision Ustilaginomycotina. A 2015 study[2] did a "comprehensive five-gene analyses" of Entorrhiza and concluded that the former class Entorrhizomycetes is possibly either a close sister group to the rest of Dikarya or Basidiomycota.[4]

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  4. ^ "Subphylum Entorrhizomycotina - Hierarchy - The Taxonomicon". taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl. Retrieved 2023-08-21.