The Kickxellales are an order of fungi classified under Kickxellomycotina.[1] It contains the single family Kickxellaceae, which contains roughly 37 species as of 2014.[2]
| Kickxellales | |
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| Coemansia sp. perhaps C. electa | |
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| Order: | Kickxellales Kreisel ex R.K.Benj. (1979)
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| Family: | Kickxellaceae Linder (1943)
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| Kickxella Coem. (1862)
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It is not monophyletic.[3]
Fungi of this order are rarely encountered; they are usually saprotrophic, coprophilus, or rarely mycoparasitic.[2] Most species release their spores in a droplet of fluid upon reaching maturity.[4]
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References edit
- ^ "Zygomycota". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ a b "Kickxellales - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ White MM, James TY, O'Donnell K, Cafaro MJ, Tanabe Y, Sugiyama J (2006). "Phylogeny of the Zygomycota based on nuclear ribosomal sequence data". Mycologia. 98 (6): 872–884. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.872. PMID 17486964.
- ^ Li, De-Wei (2016-03-18). Biology of Microfungi. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-29137-6.
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