Entorrhizomycetes
| Entorrhizomycetes | |
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| Galls on the roots of Juncus articulatus induced by Entorrhiza casparyana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Clade: | Amastigomycota |
| Subkingdom: | Dikarya Bauer (2015) |
| Division: | Entorrhizomycota Tedersoo, Sánchez-Ramírez, Kõljalg, Bahram, M. Döring, Schigel, T.W. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov (2018) |
| Class: | Entorrhizomycetes Begerow, Stoll & R.Bauer (2007) |
| Type genus | |
| Entorrhiza C.A.Weber (1884) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Entorrhizomycetidae Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997 | |
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.