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Higher Classification - Part 1

PART 1

Updated: 15 July 2024

(Fungal host substrate given in brackets after epithet)

Phylum: APHELIDIOMYCOTA
Subphylum: Aphelidomycotina
Class: Aphelidiomycetes Tedersoo, Sanchez-Ramirez, Kõljalg, Bahram, M. Döring, Schigel, T.W. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov, Fungal Diversity 90: 147 (2018)
Subclass: Aphelidiomycotina Tedersoo, Sanchez-Ramirez, Kõljalg, Bahram, M. Döring, Schigel, T.W. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov, Fungal Diversity 90: 147 (2018)

1. Aphelidiales Tedersoo, Sanchez-Ramirez, Kõljalg, Bahram, M. Döring, Schigel,T.W. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov, Fungal Diversity 90: 147 (2018)

Aphelidiaceae Tedersoo, Sanchez-Ramirez, Kõljalg, Bahram, M. Döring, Schigel, T.W. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov, Fungal Diversity 90: 147 (2018)

Pseudaphelidium Schweik. & Schnepf, Archiv für Protistenkunde 147 (1): 11-17 (1996)

1. P. drebesii Schweik. & Schnepf, Archiv für Protistenkunde 147 (1): 11-17 (1996) (on the marine diatom)

Phylum BLASTOCLADIOMYCOTA

BLASTOCLADIOMYCETES Doweld, Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum, Tentamen Systematis Plantarum Vascularium (Tracheophyta) (Moscow): LXXVII (2001)

1. BLASTOCLADIALES H.E. Peterson, Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 357 (1909)

Catenariaceae Couch, Mycologia 37: 187 (1945)

Catenaria Sorokin, Revue Mycol. Toulouse 11: 139 (1889)

1. C. anguillulae Sorokin, Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6: 67 (1876)

Phylum CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA

CHYTRIDIOMYCETES M. Möbius, in Warming, Handb. system. Bot., Edn 4 4: 75 (1929)

1. CHYTRIDIALES Cohn, JberSchlesGesVaterl Kultur 57: 279 (1879), emend. MozleyStandridge et al., Mycol. Res. 113: 502 (2009)

Chytridiaceae Nowak., AkadUmiejetnosciKrakowieWydzíat mat Przyród: 174: 191 (1878), emend. Vélez et al., Mycologia 103: 123 (2011)

Chytridium A. Braun, Betrach. Erschein. Verjüng. Natur.: 198 (1851)

1. Ch. codiicola Zeller, Publ. Puget Sound Biol. Sta. Univ. Wash. 2: 121 (1918)
2. Ch. proliferum Karling, Sydowia 20: 122 (1968)
3. Ch. turbinatum Kobayasi& M. Ôkubo , Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 1: 69 (1954)

Rhizidium A. Braun, Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1856: 591 (1856)

1. Rh. braunii Zopf, Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 52: 349 (1888)
2. Rh. tomiyamanum Konno; J. Jap. Bot., 44: 315-317

Chytriomycetaceae Letcher, Mycologia 103: 127 (2011)

Chytriomyces Karling, American Journal of Botany 32 (7): 363 (1945)

1. Ch. multioperculatus Sparrow & Dogma Archiv für Mikrobiologie 89 (3): 195 (1973)

Fayochytriomyces W.J. Davis, Letcher, Longcore & M.J. Powell, Mycologia 107(2): 435 (2015)

1. F. spinosus (Fay) W.J. Davis, Letcher, Longcore & M.J. Powell, Mycologia 107(2): 435 (2015) Synomym: Chytriomyces spinosus Fay 1947

Pendulichytrium K. Seto & Degawa, Mycoscience 59(1): 62 (2017)

1. P. sphaericum K. Seto & Degawa, Mycoscience 59(1): 62 (2017) On the diatom, Aulacoseira granulata: Honshu 

Rhizoclosmatium H.E. Petersen, J. Bot. Paris 17: 216 (1903)

1. Rhi. marinum Kobayasi & M. Ôkubo, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, N.S. 1(2 (35)): 68 (1954)

Phlyctochytriaceae Doweld, Index Fungorum 75: 1 (2014)

Phlyctochytrium J. Schröt., Nat. Pflanzenfamilien: 78 (1892)

1. Ph. bryopsidis Kobayasi & M. Ôkubo, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo 1(2 (35)): 66 (1954)
2. Ph.cladophorae Kobayasi & M. Ôkubo, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 1: 64 (1954)
3. Py. lagenaria (Schenk) Domján, Folia Cryptogamica, Szeged 2(1): 18 (1936)
4. Ph. marinum Kobayasi & M. Ôkubo, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 33: 55 (1953)

2. CLADOCHYTRIALES S. E. Mozley Standridge, Mycol. Res. 113: 502 (2009)

Endochytriaceae Sparrow ex D.J.S. Barr, Canadian Journal of Botany 58 (22): 2390 (1980)

Catenochytridium Berdan, Am. J. Bot. 26(7): 460 (1939)

1. C. carolinianum f. marinum Kobayasi & M. Ôkubo, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 33: 57 (1953)

LOBULOMYCETES Tedersoo, Sánchez-Ramírez, Kõljalg, Bahram, Döring, Schigel, T. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov, Fungal Diversity90: 148 (2018)

1. LOBULOMYCETALESD.R. Simmons, Mycol. Res. 113(4): 453 (2009)

Alogomycetaceae Doweld, Index Fungorum 76: 1 (2014)

Alogomyces D.R. Simmons & P. M. Letcher, Mycologia 104 (1): 158 (2012)

1. Al. tanneri D.R. Simmons & P. M. Letcher, Mycologia 104 (1): 159 (2012) (Known from marine habitats; environmental DNA sampling has indicated that representatives of this order might be found in deep ocean localities)

Lobulomycetales genus incertae sedis

Algochytrops Doweld, Index Fungorum, 123: 1 (2014)

1. #Al. polysiphoniae (Cohn) Doweld, Index Fungorum, 123: 1 (2014)

RHIZOPHYDIOMYCETES Tedersoo, Sánchez-Ramírez, Kõljalg, Bahram, Döring, Schigel, T. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov, Fungal Diversity 90: 149 (2018)

1. RHIZOPHYDIALES Letcher, Mycol. Res. 110: 908 (2006)

Alphamycetaceae Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 771 (2008)

Alphamyces Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 772 (2008)

1. A. chaetifer (Sparrow) Letcher [as 'chaetiferum'], in Letcher, Vélez, Barrantes, Powell, Churchill & Wakefield, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 772 (2008), Taiwan

Collimycetaceae K. Seto & Degawa, Protist 169 (4): 514 (2018)

Collimyces K. Seto & Degawa, Protist 169 (4): 514 (2018)

1. C. mutans K. Seto & Y. Degawa, Protist 169(4): 514 (2018) On Microglena coccifera: Japan

Dinomycetaceae Karpov and Guillou, Protist 165: 240 (2014)

Dinomyces Karpov and Guillou, Protist 165: 241 (2014)

1. #D. arenysensis S.A. Karpov & L. Guillou, Protist 165(2): 230–244 (2014)
2. #D. gilberthii Karpov, Fernández-Valero & Reñé, European Journal of Protistology 93: (2024), isolated infecting the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum in Vilanova i la Geltrú harbour (41°12′54.9″ N, 1°43′57.9″ E), Catalonia (NW Mediterranean Sea), in April 2021 (GenBank accession numbers: ON081639–ON081640 (18S rDNA), OQ865234–OQ865235 (ITS), and OQ865232–OQ865233 (28S rDNA)

Paradinomyces Reñé & Karpov, Harmful Algae 120(no. 102352): 6 (2022)

1. P. triforaminae Reñé & Karpov, Harmful Algae 120(no. 102352): 6 (2022), parasitoid of dinoflagellates, with a likely host preference for Kryptoperidinium species, Kökar Island, located in the Åland Archipelago (SW coast of Finland), Northern Baltic Sea
2. #P. evelyniae Karpov, Fernández-Valero & Rene, European Journal of Protistology 93: (2024), isolated infecting the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum in Arenys de Mar harbour (41°34′45.5″ N, 2°33′19.8″ E), Catalonia (NW Mediterranean Sea), in March 2021. GenBank accession numbers: ON081641–ON081642 (18S rDNA), OQ865236 (ITS), and OQ865231 (28S rDNA)

Ericiomycetaceae Karpov & Reñé, Mycological Progress 20 (2): 106 (2021)

Ericiomyces Karpov & Reñé, Mycol. Progr. 20(2): 106 (2021)

1. E. syringoforeus Karpov & Reñé, Mycol. Progr. 20(2): 107 (2021) On Kryptoperidinium

Globomycetaceae Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 776 (2008)

Globomyces Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 777 (2008)

1. G. pollinis-pini (A. Braun) Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 777 (2008)

Gorgonomycetaceae Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 767 (2008)

Gorgonomyces Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 767 (2008)

1. G. haynaldii (Schaarschm.) Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(7): 767 (2008)

Halomycetaceae Letcher and M.J. Powell, Mycologia, 107(4):                   819 (2015)

Halomyces Letcher and M.J. Powell, Mycologia, 107(4): 819 (2015)

1. #H. littoreus (Amon) Letcher & M.J. Powell, Mycologia, 107(4): 819 (2015)

Paludomyces Letcher & M.J. Powell, Mycologia, 107(4): 819 (2015)

1. #P. mangrovei (Ulken) Letcher& M.J. Powell, Mycologia, 107(4): 820 (2015)

Ulkenomyces Letcher & M.J. Powell, Mycologia 107(4): 821 (2015)

1. #Ul. aestuarii (Ulken) Letcher& M.J. Powell, Mycologia 107(4): 821 (2015)

Rhizophydiaceae Letcher, in Letcher, Powell, Churchil & Chambers, Mycol. Res. 110(8): 909 (2006)

Rhizophydium Schenk ex Rabenh., Flora Europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae 3: 280 (1868) [1867]

1. Rh. cladophorae (Kobayasi & M. Ôkubo) Sparrow, Aquatic Phycomycetes, Edn 2 (Ann Arbor): 266 (1960)
2. Rh. codicola Zeller, Publ. Puget Sound Biol. Sta. Univ. Wash. 2: 122 (1918)
3. Rh. globosum (A. Braun) Rabenh., Flora Europaea algarum aquaedulcis et submarinae 3: 280 (1868)
4. Rh. halophilum Uebelm., ex Letcher, in Letcher & Powell, Publication of the Zoosporic Research Institute 1: 26 (2012)
5. Rh. japonicum Kobayasi & M. Ôkubo, Bull. natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 33: 54 (1953)
6. Rh. jobii Hassett, Mycologia 112 (4): 787 (2020)
7. Rh. keratinophilum Karling, Am. J. Bot. 33(9): 753 (1946)
8. Rh. subglobosum Kobayasi M. Ôkubo, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, N.S. 1(2 (35)): 63 (1954)

Ubelmesseromycetaceae M.J. Powell & Letcher, Mycologia 107:423 (2015)

Ubelmesseromyces M.J. Powell & Letcher, Mycologia 107:423 (2015

1. #U. harderi M.J. Powell & Letcher, Mycologia 107:423 (2015)
   Rhizophhydiales Incertae sedis

RHIZOPHLYCTIDOMYCETES Tedersoo, Sánchez-Ramírez, Kõljalg, Bahram, Döring, Schigel, T. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov, Fungal Diversity 90: 148 (2018)

RHIZOPHLYCTIDALES Letcher, Mycol. Res. 112(9): 1034 (2008)

Rhizophlyctis A. Fisch., in Winter, Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl., Edn 2 (Leipzig) 1(4): 114 (1892)

1. R. braunii (Zopf) A. Fisch., in Winter, Rabenh. Krypt.-Fl., Edn 2 (Leipzig) 1(4): 120 (1892)

Chytridiomycota genera incertae sedis

Blyttiomyces A.F. Bartsch, Mycologia 31: 559 (1939)

1. Bl. verrucosus Dogma, Kalikasan 8(3): 238 (1980)

Coenomyces Deckenb., Flora (Regensburg) 92: 265 (1903)

1. C. consuens K.N. Deckenb., Flora (Regensburg) 92: 265 (1903)

Thalassochytrium Nyvall, M. Pedersén&Longcore, J. Phycol. 35: 176 (1999)

1. Th. gracilarriopsis Nyvall, M. Pedersén&Longcore, J. Phycol. 35(1): 182 (1999)

Phylum: MORTIERELLOMYCOTA Tedersoo, Sanchez-Ramirez, Kõljalg, Bahram, M. Döring, Schigel, T.W. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov, Fungal Diversity 90: 152 (2018)
MORTIERELLOMYCOTINA Kerst. Hoffmann, Voigt & P.M. Kirk, Mycotaxon 115: 360 (2011)
MORTIERELLOMYCETES Doweld, Index Fungorum 46: 1 (2014)

1. MORTIERELLALES Caval.-Sm., Biological Reviews Cambridge 73: 246 (1998)

Mortierellaceae A. Fisch., Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora, Pilze - Phycomycetes 1 (4): 268 (1892)

Mortierella Coem., Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique Classe des Sciences 15: 536 (1863)

1. #Mo. alpina Peyronel, I germiastmosfericidei fungi con micelio: 17 (1913) (isolated from brown alga Padina)

Phylum: MUCOROMYCOTA Doweld, Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum, Tentamensystematis plantarum vascularium (Tracheophyta): LXXVII (2001)
MUCOROMYCOTINA Benny, Mycological Research 111 (5): 517 (2006)
MUCOROMYCETES Doweld, Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum, Tentamen systematis plantarum vascularium (Tracheophyta): LXXVII (2001)

1. MUCORALES, Systema Mycologicum 3: 296 (1832)

Cunninghamellaceae Naumov ex R.K. Benj., Aliso 4: 415 (1959)

Absidia Tiegh., Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique 4 (4): 350 (1878)

1. A. glauca Hagem, Skrifterudgivneaf Videnskabs-Selskabeti Christiania. Mathematisk-Naturvidenskabelig Klasse 7: 43 (1908)
2. A. spinosa Lendn., Bulletin de l´Herbier Boissier 2 sér., 7: 250 (1907) isolated from mangrove sediments

Cunninghamella Matr., Annales Mycologici 1: 47 (1903)

1. C. elegans Lendn., Bulletin de l´Herbier Boissier 2 sér., 7: 250, isolated from mangrove sediments; tissue culture from porpoise, USA

Lichtheimiaceae Kerst. Hoffmann, Walther & K. Voigt, Mycological Research 113 (3): 277 (2009)

Circinella Tiegh. & G. Le Monn., Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique 17: 298 (1873)

1. C. simplex Tiegh., Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique sér. 6, 1: 92 (1875) isolated from mangrove sediments

Lichtheimia Vuill., Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 19: 126 (1903)

1. L. corymbifera (Cohn) Vuill., Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 19: 126 (1903) isolated from mangrove sediments
2. L. ramosa (Zopf) Vuill., Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 19: 126 (1903) isolated from mangrove sediments

Rhizomucor Lucet & Costantin, Rev. Gén. Bot.: 88 (1900)

1. Rh. pusillus (Lindt) Schipper, Studies in Mycology 17: 54 (1978) isolated from mangrove sediments
2. Rh. pusillus var. pusillus (Lindt) Schipper, Stud. Mycol. 17: 54 (1978) on Lichtheimia corymbifera, USA

Mucoraceae Dumort., Commentationes botanicae: 69: 81 (1822)

Actinomucor Schostak., Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 16: 155 (1898)

1. #A. elegans (Eidam) C.R. Benj. & Hesselt., Mycologia 49(2): 241 (1957) isolated from water from Lagunam de Pito, Spain saline lake

Mucor Fresen., BeitrgezurMykologie 1: 7 (1850)

1. M. circinelloides Tiegh., Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique sér. 6, 1: 94 (1875) isolated from mangrove sediments
2. M. hiemalis Wehmer, Annales Mycologici 1(1): 39 (1903)
3. M. irregularis Stchigel, Cano, Guarro & E. Álvarez, in Álvarez, Cano, Stchigel, Sutton, Fothergill, Salas, Rinaldi & Guarro, Medical Mycol. 49(1): 71 (2011), isolated from Rhizophora stylosa
4. M. racemosus Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 1: 104 (1791)

Rhizopus Ehrenb., Nova Acta AcademiaeCaesareaeLeopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 10: 198 (1820

1. #Rh. microsporus var. rhizopodiformis (Cohn) Schipper & Stalpers, Stud. Mycol. 25: 30 (1984)
2. Rh. stolonifer (Ehrenb.) Vuill., Revue Mycol., Toulouse 24: 54 (1902)

Syzygites

1. S. megalocarpus Ehrenb., Sylvae mycologicae Berolinenses: 25 (1818)

Saksenaeaceae Hesselt. & J.J. Ellis, Mycologia 66(1): 87 (1974)

Saksenaea S.B. Saksena, Mycologia 45(3): 434 (1953)

1. S. vasiformis S.B. Saksena (1953) Mycologia 45(3): 434, on infections in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Syncephalastraceae Naumov ex R.K. Benj., Aliso 4: 327 (1959)

Apophysomyces P.C. Misra, in Misra, Srivastava & Lata, Mycotaxon 8(2): 377 (1979)

1. A. elegans P.C. Misra, K.J. Srivast. & Lata (1979) Mycotaxon 8(2): 378, on sea animals

Syncephalastrum J. Schröt., Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien 3-1(2): 217 (1886)

1. S. racemosum Cohn ex J. Schröt. Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien 3-1(2): 217 (1886) isolated from mangrove sediments

Phylum: OLPIDIOMYCOTA Doweld, Index Fungorum 42: 1 (2013)
OLPIDIOMYCETES Doweld, Index Fungorum 42: 1 (2013)

1. OLPIDIALES Caval.-Sm., Eur. J. Protist. 49(2): 157 (2012) [2013]

Olpidiaceae J. Schröt., Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien: 180 (1886)

Olpidium (A. Braun) J. Schröt., Krypt.-Fl- Schlesien 31(2): 180 (1886)

1. O. rostriferum Ivimey Cook, Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 13(2-3): 80 (1934)