Kickxellaceae
Order of fungi
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The Kickxellales are an order of fungi classified under Kickxellomycotina.[1] It contains the single family Kickxellaceae, which contains roughly 37 species as of 2014.[2]
Division:Kickxellomycota
Class:Kickxellomycetes
Order:Kickxellales
Kreisel ex R.K.Benj.
Kreisel ex R.K.Benj.
Family:Kickxellaceae
Linder
Linder
| Kickxellaceae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Coemansia sp. perhaps C. electa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Kickxellomycota |
| Class: | Kickxellomycetes |
| Order: | Kickxellales Kreisel ex R.K.Benj. |
| Family: | Kickxellaceae Linder |
| Type genus | |
| Kickxella | |
It is not monophyletic.[3]
Fungi of this order are rarely encountered; they are usually saprotrophic, coprophilus, or rarely mycoparasitic.[2] Most species release their spores in a droplet of fluid upon reaching maturity.[4]
Genera
- Coemansia
- Dipsacomyces
- Kickxella
- Linderina
- Martensella
- Martensiomyces
- Mycoemilia
- Myconymphaea
- Pinnaticoemansia
- Ramicandelaber
- Spirodactylon
- Spiromyces
