Dimargaritales
Order of fungi
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Dimargaritales is a monotypic order of fungi in the monotypic Dimargaritomycetes class within the subdivision of Kickxellomycotina.[2]
| Dimargaritales | |
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| Dimargaris bacillispora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Kickxellomycota |
| Class: | Dimargaritomycetes |
| Order: | Dimargaritales R.K. Benj. 1979[1] |
| Families | |
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Dimargaritales was published in 1979, while Dimargaritomycetes was published by Tedersoo et al. in Fungal Diversity vol.90, Issue 1 on page 151 in 2018.[3]
It is parasitic.[4] But can grow solitary on agar media, thus cold facultative parasite.
Only one family, Dimargaritaceae, exists, containing three genera:
- Dimargaritaceae
- Dimargaris - 7 spp.
- Dispira - 4 spp.
- Tieghemiomyces - 2 spp.
- Dimargaritales incertae sedis
- Spinalia[5]
