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| Chytridiomycetes Fossil range: Early Devonian to recent |
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Chytridiomycetes has recently been redefined to exclude the taxa Neocallimastigomycota and Monoblepharidomycetes, which are now a phylum and a sister-class respectively. It includes the genera Olpidiopsis and Hypochytrium in addition to the type genus.[2]
They are found in soil, fresh water, and saline estuaries. They are primitive fungi, closely related to the true fungi, and are first known from the Rhynie chert.[3]
References
- ^ Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of Life". Biol. Rev. Camb. Philos. Soc. 73: 203–266. doi:.
- ^ Hibbett, D.S., et al. (Mar 2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycological Research 111 (5): 509–547. doi:.
- ^ Taylor, T.N.; Remy, W.; Hass, H. (1992). "Fungi from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: Chytridiomycetes". American Journal of Botany 79 (11): 1233–1241. doi:. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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