| Chytridiomycetes Fossil range: Early Devonian to recent |
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Chytridiomycetes (pronounced /kɨˌtrɪdiɵmaɪˈsiːtiːs/ or /-maɪˈsiːts/[2]) is a class of fungi. Members 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] It 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.[4]
Chytridiomycetes is the major class of the phylum Chytridiomycota,[5] which is responsible for the parasitic infections of organisms such as Daphnia[6] and a number of amphibian species,[7] among others.
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- ^ Hibbett, D.S., et al. (March 2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycological Research 111 (5): 509–547. doi:.
- ^ Sharma,P.D. (2005). Fungi and Allied Organisms. Alpha Science Int'l Ltd. pp. 545. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZJwWEMbJ0qYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0.
- ^ Johnson, P.A, et al. (2009). "Long-term disease dynamics in lakes: causes and consequences of chytrid infections in Daphnia populations". Ecology 90: 132–144. doi:. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/07-2071.1.
- ^ Berger, L., et al. (1999) (in Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs). Chytrid Fungi and Amphibian Declines: Overview, Implications and Future Directions. pp. 236. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/pubs/frogs.pdf.
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