Kingdom Fungi Class Chytridiomycetes Rank Genus | Division Chytridiomycota Scientific name Chytriomyces Order Chytridiales | |
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Family Chytriomycetaceae
Letcher (2011) Similar Chytridiales, Chytridium, Rhizophydiales, Chytridiomycetes, Blastocladiomycota | ||
Cilium retraction in chytriomyces hyalinus
Chytriomyces is the type genus of fungi in the family Chytriomycetaceae. The genus was described by mycologist John Sidney Karling in 1945. The family, created by Peter Letcher in 2011, contains species with a Group I-type zoospore, distinguishing it from Chytridiaceae members, which have a Group II-type zoospore.
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Chytrid zoospore release chytriomyces hyalinus
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