Sigmoideomycetaceae

Sigmoideomycetaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Zoopagomycota
Class: Zoopagomycetes
Order: Zoopagales
Family:
Benny, R.K.Benj. & P.M.Kirk (1992)
Type genus
Sigmoideomyces
Thaxt. (1891)
Genera
  • Reticulocephalis
  • Sigmoideomyces
  • Sphondylocephalum

The Sigmoideomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Zoopagales. The family contain contains three genera, and 4 species.[1] The family was circumscribed in 1992.[2]

  • Reticulocephalis (2 spp.) putative haustorial parasite of fungi
  • Sigmoideomyces (1 sp) putative haustorial parasite of fungi
  • Sphondylocephalum (1 sp) haustorial parasite of fungi[3]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 635. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Benny GL, Benjamin RK, Kirk PM (1992). "A reevaluation of Cunninghamellaceae (Mucorales). Sigmoideomycetaceae fam. nov. and Reticulocephalis gen. nov.; cladistic analysis and description of two new species". Mycologia. 84 (5): 615–61. doi:10.2307/3760372. JSTOR 3760372.
  3. ^ "Sphondylocephalum". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 July 2022.