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Order of fungi

Kickxellales
"Coemansia" sp. perhaps "C. electa"
Coemansia sp. perhaps C. electa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Zygomycota
Subdivision: Kickxellomycotina
Order: Kickxellales
Kreisel ex R.K.Benj. (1979)
Family: Kickxellaceae
Linder (1943)
Type genus
Kickxella
Coem. (1862)

The Kickxellales are an order of fungi classified under Kickxellomycotina. It contains the single family Kickxellaceae, which contains roughly 37 species as of 2014.

It is not monophyletic.

Fungi of this order are rarely encountered; they are usually saprotrophic, coprophilus, or rarely mycoparasitic. Most species release their spores in a droplet of fluid upon reaching maturity.

Genera

References

  1. "Zygomycota". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  2. ^ "Kickxellales - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  3. White MM, James TY, O'Donnell K, Cafaro MJ, Tanabe Y, Sugiyama J (2006). "Phylogeny of the Zygomycota based on nuclear ribosomal sequence data". Mycologia. 98 (6): 872–884. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.872. PMID 17486964.
  4. Li, De-Wei (2016-03-18). Biology of Microfungi. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-29137-6.
Taxon identifiers
Kickxellales
Kickxellaceae


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