Entorrhizomycetes

Entorrhizomycetes is the sole class in the phylum Entorrhizomycota, within the Fungi subkingdom Dikarya along with Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. It contains three genera and is a small group of teliosporic root parasites that form galls on plants in the Juncaceae (rush) and Cyperaceae (sedge) families. Prior to 2015 this phylum was placed under the subdivision Ustilaginomycotina. A 2015 study did a "comprehensive five-gene analyses" of Entorrhiza and concluded that the former class Entorrhizomycetes is possibly either a close sister group to the rest of Dikarya or Basidiomycota.

==Taxonomy== Taxonomy based on the work of Wijayawardene et al. 2019. Order Talbotiomycetales Riess et al. 2015 Family Talbotiomycetaceae Riess et al. 2015 Genus Talbotiomyces Vánky, Bauer & Begerow 2007 Order Entorrhizales Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997 Family Entorrhizaceae Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997 Genus Juncorrhiza Riess & Piątek 2019 Genus Entorrhiza Weber 1884 [Schinzia Nägeli 1842]