Classiculomycetes

Classiculomycetes
Classicula sinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Subdivision:	Pucciniomycotina
Class:	Classiculomycetes R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P. Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006) [1]
Order:	Classiculales R.Bauer, Begerow, Oberw. & Marvanová (2003) [2]
Family:	Classiculaceae R.Bauer, Begerow, Oberw. & Marvanová (2003) [2]
Genera
Classicula Jaculispora

The Classiculomycetes are a class of fungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. The class contains a single order, the Classiculales, which in turn contains the single family Classiculaceae. The family contains two monotypic genera. ^[3]

They belong to a morpholigical group called "aquatic hyphomycetes" which are fungi that grow on submerged decaying plant matter, but they are also found as mycoparasites and endophytes. ^[4] This is only an informal descriptive group which is divided phylogenetically between asco types (the great majority) and basidio types (a small percentage of hyphomycetes). ^[4] The Classiculomycetes belong to the basidiomycete minority. ^[5]

References

1. Bauer R, Begerow D, Sampaio JP, Weiss M, Oberwinkler F (2006). "The simple-septate basidiomycetes: a synopsis". Mycological Progress. 5 (1): 41–66. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0502-0. S2CID   26613287.
2. Bauer R, Begerow D, Oberwinkler F, Marvanová L (2003). "Classicula: the teleomorph of Naiadella fluitans". Mycologia . 95 (4): 756–64. doi:10.2307/3761949. JSTOR   3761949. PMID   21148982.
3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 147. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
4. Shearer, Carol A.; Descals, Enrique; Kohlmeyer, Brigitte; Kohlmeyer, Jan; Marvanová, Ludmila; Padgett, David; Porter, David; Raja, Huzefa A.; Schmit, John P.; Thorton, Holly A.; Voglymayr, Hermann (January 2007). "Fungal biodiversity in aquatic habitats". Biodiversity and Conservation. 16 (1): 49–67. doi:10.1007/s10531-006-9120-z. ISSN   0960-3115.
5. Qiao, Min; Li, Wenjun; Huang, Ying; Xu, Jianping; Zhang, Li; Yu, Zefen (2018). "Classicula sinensis, a new species of basidiomycetous aquatic hyphomycetes from southwest China". MycoKeys. 40 (40): 1–12. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.40.23828 . PMC   6160859 . PMID   30271261.