Chytridiomycetes | |
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Chytrid cytology | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Chytridiomycota |
Class: | Chytridiomycetes Caval.-Sm (1998)[1] |
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Chytridiomycetes (/kɪˌtrɪdioʊmaɪˈsiːtiːz, -ˈsiːts/[2]) is a class of fungi. Members are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries. They are first known from the Rhynie chert.[3] It has recently been redefined to exclude the taxa Neocallimastigomycota and Monoblepharidomycetes, which are now a phylum and a sister-class respectively.[4]
Chytridiomycetes is the major class of the phylum Chytridiomycota,[5] which contains a number of parasitic species. At least two species in this class are known to infect a number of amphibian species.[6]
Cavalier-Smith 1998
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