Chytridiomycetes

Chytridiomycetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Chytridiomycota
Class:	Chytridiomycetes Caval.-Sm (1998)[1]
Orders
Chytridiales Lobulomycetales Rhizophydiales Rhizophlyctidales Spizellomycetales Cladochytriales Polychytriales Gromochytriales Mesochytriales

Chytridiomycetes (/kᵻˌtrɪdioʊmaɪˈsiːtiːz, -ˈsiːts/^[2]) is a class of fungi. Members are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries. They are primitive fungi, and 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]

References

1. Cavalier-Smith T (1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of Life". Biol. Rev. Camb. Philos. Soc. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1998.tb00030.x. PMID 9809012.
2. OED; Howjsay
3. Taylor TN, Remy W, Hass H (1992). "Fungi from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: Chytridiomycetes". American Journal of Botany 79 (11): 1233–1241. doi:10.2307/2445050. JSTOR 2445050.
4. Hibbett DS, et al. (March 2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycological Research 111 (5): 509–547. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID 17572334.
5. Sharma PD (2005). Fungi and Allied Organisms. Alpha Science International. ISBN 978-1-84265-277-0.
6. Berger L, Speare R, Hyatt A (1999). "Chytrid Fungi and Amphibian Declines: Overview, Implications and Future Directions". In Campbell A. Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs (PDF). Environment Australia. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-11.