Monoblepharidomycetes

Monoblepharidomycetes
Monoblepharis polymorpha growing on a sesame seed in water collected from a vernal pool near Orono, Maine. Shown are the spiny, brownish resting spores sitting on top the empty oogonia. On the sides of the oogonia are empty antheridia.
Monoblepharis polymorpha growing on a sesame seed in water collected from a vernal pool near Orono, Maine. Shown are the spiny, brownish resting spores sitting on top the empty oogonia. On the sides of the oogonia are empty antheridia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Monoblepharidomycetes
J.H. Schaffner 1909[3]
Order: Monoblepharidales
(J. Schröter 1893) Sparrow 1943[1][2]
Type species
Monoblepharis spp.
Cornu 1871
Synonyms
  • Gonapodyales Jacz. & P.A. Jacz. 1931
  • Harpochytriales Emerson & Whisler 1968
  • Monoblepharidineae Schröter 1893
  • Oedogoniomycetales Doweld 2014

Members of the Monoblepharidomycetes have a filamentous thallus that is either extensive or simple and unbranched. They frequently have a holdfast at the base. In contrast to other taxa in their phylum, some reproduce using autospores, although many do so through zoospores. Oogamous sexual reproduction may also occur.[4]

In addition to the type genus, the order Monoblepharidales includes Harpochytrium and Oedogoniomyces.[4]

  1. ^ Schröter, J. (1893). "Monoblepharidineae". In Engler, A.; Prantl, K. (eds.). Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Vol. 1. pp. 106–107. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.4635.
  2. ^ Sparrow, F.K. (1943). Aquatic Phycomycetes exclusive of the Saprolegniaceae and Pythium. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
  3. ^ Schaffner, John H. (1909). "The Classification of Plants, IV". Ohio Naturalist. IX: 449. (as "Monoblepharidiae")
  4. ^ a b Hibbett, D.S.; et al. (March 2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycol. Res. 111 (5): 509–547. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.626.9582. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID 17572334. S2CID 4686378.

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