Biology:Entorrhizomycetes

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Entorrhizomycetes
Entorrhiza.jpg
Galls on the roots of Juncus articulatus induced by Entorrhiza casparyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Subkingdom:
Dikarya
Division:
Entorrhizomycota

Bauer (2015) [1]
Class:
Entorrhizomycetes

Begerow, Stoll & R.Bauer (2007)[2]
Type genus
Entorrhiza
C.A.Weber (1884)
Genera
Synonyms

Entorrhizomycetidae Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997[3]

Entorrhizomycetes is the sole class in the phylum Entorrhizomycota within the Fungi subkingdom Dikarya along with Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. It contains three genera and is a small group of teliosporic root parasites that form galls on plants in the Juncaceae (rush) and Cyperaceae (sedge) families. Prior to 2015 this phylum was placed under the subdivision Ustilaginomycotina. A 2015 study[1] did a "comprehensive five-gene analyses" of Entorrhiza and concluded that the former class Entorrhizomycetes is possibly either a close sister group to the rest of Dikarya or Basidiomycota.

Taxonomy

Taxonomy based on the work of Wijayawardene et al. 2019.[4]

  • Order Talbotiomycetales Riess et al. 2015
    • Family Talbotiomycetaceae Riess et al. 2015
      • Genus Talbotiomyces Vánky, Bauer & Begerow 2007
  • Order Entorrhizales Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997
    • Family Entorrhizaceae Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997
      • Genus Juncorrhiza Riess & Piątek 2019
      • Genus Entorrhiza Weber 1884 [Schinzia Nägeli 1842]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q137537 entry