Symbiomycota | |
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Amanita pantherina , from the Basidiomycota | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Clade: | Amastigomycota |
Clade: | Symbiomycota |
Divisions | |
Symbiomycota is a clade of fungi containing both Glomeromycota and Dikarya. [1] It includes all mycorrhizal fungi except Endogone [2] [3] and the Mucoromycotina fine root endophytes, which both belong in Mucoromycota. [4]
Symbiomycota is supported by phylogenetic analyses based on ribosomal DNA and rpb2 data but not from rpb1 data. [2] [5] [1] More recent analyses using genome-scale, multilocus protein sequence data have either recovered this clade [6] or have failed to recover it, with Glomeromycota falling within Mucoromycota instead (forming Mucoromyceta). [7] [8] [9]
The name references symbiosis due to the inclusion of most mycorrhizal fungi within this clade. [5]
The following dendrogram shows the placement of Symbiomycota within the kingdom Fungi summarized from rDNA phylogenies. [10] [1]