Canteria is a fungal genus in the family Endochytriaceae. A monotypic genus, it contain the single species Canteria apophysata, a parasite of the alga Mougeotia.[3] The genus was circumscribed by John S. Karling in 1971.[4]

Canteria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Cladochytriomycetes
Order: Cladochytriales
Family: Endochytriaceae
Genus: Canteria
Karling (1971)
Species:
C. apophysata
Binomial name
Canteria apophysata
(Canter) Karling (1971)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phlyctidium apophysatum Canter (1947)[1]

References

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  1. ^ Canter HM. (1947). "Studies on British chytrids. II. Some new monocentric chytrids". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 31 (1): 94–105. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(47)80011-7.
  2. ^ "Canteria apophysata (Canter) Karling, Archiv für Mikrobiologie 76: 130 (1971)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ Karling JS. (1971). "On Chytridium Braun, Diplochytridium n. g. and Canteria n. g. (Chytridiales)". Archiv für Mikrobiologie. 76: 126–31. doi:10.1007/bf00411786.
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