Dimargaritales: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Zygomycota
Class
Order
Dimargaritales
Family
Genus
Species
Scientific Name
Dimargaritales

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Dimargaritales

Dimargaritales is a monotypic order of fungi in the monotypic Dimargaritomycetes class within the subdivision of Kickxellomycotina.

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.

It is parasitic. 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
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