Cladochytriales is an order of chytrid fungi. It is the only order in the monotypic class Cladochytriomycetes. The order was described in 2009 to accommodate a monophyletic clade containing many genera of chytrid fungi often observed growing over decaying plant tissue and other cellulosic substrates from aquatic habitats and humid soils.
Cladochytriales is an order of chytrid fungi. It is the only order in the monotypic class Cladochytriomycetes. The order was described in 2009 to accommodate a monophyletic clade containing many genera of chytrid fungi often observed growing over decaying plant tissue and other cellulosic substrates from aquatic habitats and humid soils.
==Taxonomy== The 2022 taxonomy of fungi places 5 families and 3 uncertain genera in Cladochytriales: Family Catenochytridiaceae Catenochytridium Family Cladochytriaceae Cladochytrium Family Endochytriaceae Diplophlyctis Endochytrium Family Nowakowskiellaceae Nowakowskiella Family Septochytriaceae Septochytrium incertae sedis Allochytrium (=Allochytridium ) Cylindrochytridium Nephrochytrium
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