Kingdom Fungi Class Blastocladiomycetes | Order Blastocladiales | |
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Similar Blastocladiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Chytridiomycetes, Blastocladiella, Chytridiales |
Allomyces
Allomyces is a genus of chytrid fungi in the family Blastocladiaceae. It was circumscribed by British mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911. Species in the genus have a polycentric thallus and reproduce asexually by zoospores that have a whiplash-like flagella. They are mostly isolated from soils in tropical countries, commonly in ponds, rice fields, and slow-moving rivers.
Contents
![Allomyces Allomyces arbusculus Aquatic fungus](https://alchetron.com/cdn/allomyces-7d92c80a-b6d9-49d2-a3aa-659f580a2b2-resize-750.jpeg)
Allomyces zoospores in resistant sporangium
Species
![Allomyces kingdom fungi](https://alchetron.com/cdn/allomyces-141affac-0cc3-41ce-ae8f-5556f478555-resize-750.jpeg)
![Dichotomously branched thallus of Allomyces sp. At the ends of the branches are two to three orange-brown sporangia stacked on top of each other. Each sporangium has two discharge papillae. The sporangia at the top of the stacks have apical discharge papillae. The sporangia on the bottom of the stacks have lateral discharge papillae.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/allomyces-cabdec57-1882-4fdd-8cd6-1455ffbb5de-resize-750.jpg)
![Allomyces plantphysinfoorganismallechtmlimagesallomyces](https://alchetron.com/cdn/allomyces-8fb46240-a35e-4a23-9501-c3fe3f19697-resize-750.jpeg)
References
Allomyces Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA