Draft:Barbatosporomycetes
Class of fungi
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Barbatosporomycetes is a class of fungi in the phylum Kickxellomycota. It was introduced by Tedersoo and colleagues in 2018 as part of a revised higher-level classification of the fungi. The class contains the order Barbatosporales, which includes the family Barbatosporaceae and the genus Barbatospora.[1]
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| Class: | Barbatosporomycetes Tedersoo et al., 2018 |
| Order: | Barbatosporales Doweld, 2014 |
| Family: | Barbatosporaceae Doweld, 2014 |
| Genus: | Barbatospora M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Barbatospora ambicaudata M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., 2006 | |
Taxonomy
Barbatosporomycetes was described as a new class by Tedersoo et al. in 2018. The type genus is Barbatospora M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw.[1] The order Barbatosporales was introduced earlier by Doweld in 2014.[2]
Recent fungal classification treatments place Barbatosporomycetes among the early-diverging fungal lineages associated with Kickxellomycota or Kickxellomycotina.[1][3] Some taxonomic databases have treated the group under Mucoromycota, reflecting differences in higher-level classification among fungal taxonomy systems.[4]
Description
Members of Barbatosporomycetes are characterized by a branched thallus with a basal cell and by the production of trichospores. The trichospores are cylindrical and lack a collar. They have multiple fine basal appendages and may have a cylindrical sleeve or wall at the terminal end; when this structure dehisces, it may reveal appendage-like filaments. Zygospores are not known, and the group has been reported from insect gut habitats.[1]
Ecology
The known representative, Barbatospora ambicaudata, was described from trichomycete symbionts of larval aquatic insects collected in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southern Appalachian region of the United States. White, Siri and Lichtwardt described it as an unusual new monotypic genus found in larvae of Simuliidae.[5]
Classification
A commonly used circumscription is:
- Class Barbatosporomycetes Tedersoo et al., 2018
- Order Barbatosporales Doweld, 2014
- Family Barbatosporaceae Doweld, 2014
- Genus Barbatospora M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., 2006
- Barbatospora ambicaudata M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., 2006
- Genus Barbatospora M.M. White, Siri & Lichtw., 2006
- Family Barbatosporaceae Doweld, 2014
- Order Barbatosporales Doweld, 2014
