Kickxellaceae

Kickxellaceae
Coemansia sp. perhaps C. electa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Kickxellomycota
Class:	Kickxellomycetes
Order:	Kickxellales Kreisel ex R.K.Benj.
Family:	Kickxellaceae Linder
Type genus
Kickxella Coem.

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]

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]

Genera

• Coemansia
• Dipsacomyces
• Kickxella
• Linderina
• Martensella
• Martensiomyces
• Mycoemilia
• Myconymphaea
• Pinnaticoemansia
• Ramicandelaber
• Spirodactylon
• Spiromyces

References

1. "Zygomycota" . Retrieved 2009-03-07.
2. Voigt, K.; Kirk, P.M. (2014). "FUNGI | Classification of Zygomycetes". Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology. pp. 54–67. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00136-1. ISBN   978-0-12-384733-1.
3. 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.
4. Benny, Gerald L.; Smith, Matthew E.; Kirk, Paul M.; Tretter, Eric D.; White, Merlin M. (2016). "Challenges and Future Perspectives in the Systematics of Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina". Biology of Microfungi. Fungal Biology. pp. 65–126. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_5. ISBN   978-3-319-29135-2.