Endogonales | |
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Endogone pisiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Mucoromycota |
Subdivision: | Mucoromycotina |
Class: |
Endogonomycetes Doweld |
Order: |
Endogonales Jacz. & P.A.Jacz. [1] |
Families | |
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Endogonales is an order of fungi within the phylum of Zygomycota, [2] and in class Endogonomycetes. [3] [4]
It contains 2 families; Endogonaceae, with 6 genera and 38 species and Densosporaceae, with one genera and 4 species. [3]
The Endogales were originally formed to hold a single family, the Endogonaceae, which comprised 15 species in four genera (Endogone, Peridiospora, Sclerogone, and Youngiomyces). They were transferred to the phylum Glomeromycota to Zygomycetes. [5] Then they were placed in Zygomycotina. [6] They were placed in the subphylum Mucoromycotina in 2017 and genus Youngiomyces was synonymized with genus Endogone. [7] They were then placed in the monotypic class Endogonomycetes. [4]
Endogonaceae Paol.; [8]
Densosporaceae Desirò, M.E. Sm., Bidartondo, Trappe & Bonito; [9]
Note; genus Jimwhitea M. Krings & T.N. Taylor was placed in the Endogonaceae family, but holds only fossils reported from the Middle Triassic formations. So is placed in Ascomycota genera Incertae sedis. [3]
The life cycle of the Endogonales is distinguished by their production of small sporocarps containing many zygospores, which are eaten by rodents and distributed by their faeces.
They also produce a fetid odour that attracts mammals and encourages them to eat their fruiting bodies, and so spread their spores. [10]
Like all fungi, they are heterotrophs with some being described as saprobes (with weak evidence). [10]
Endogonales | |
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Endogone pisiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Mucoromycota |
Subdivision: | Mucoromycotina |
Class: |
Endogonomycetes Doweld |
Order: |
Endogonales Jacz. & P.A.Jacz. [1] |
Families | |
|
Endogonales is an order of fungi within the phylum of Zygomycota, [2] and in class Endogonomycetes. [3] [4]
It contains 2 families; Endogonaceae, with 6 genera and 38 species and Densosporaceae, with one genera and 4 species. [3]
The Endogales were originally formed to hold a single family, the Endogonaceae, which comprised 15 species in four genera (Endogone, Peridiospora, Sclerogone, and Youngiomyces). They were transferred to the phylum Glomeromycota to Zygomycetes. [5] Then they were placed in Zygomycotina. [6] They were placed in the subphylum Mucoromycotina in 2017 and genus Youngiomyces was synonymized with genus Endogone. [7] They were then placed in the monotypic class Endogonomycetes. [4]
Endogonaceae Paol.; [8]
Densosporaceae Desirò, M.E. Sm., Bidartondo, Trappe & Bonito; [9]
Note; genus Jimwhitea M. Krings & T.N. Taylor was placed in the Endogonaceae family, but holds only fossils reported from the Middle Triassic formations. So is placed in Ascomycota genera Incertae sedis. [3]
The life cycle of the Endogonales is distinguished by their production of small sporocarps containing many zygospores, which are eaten by rodents and distributed by their faeces.
They also produce a fetid odour that attracts mammals and encourages them to eat their fruiting bodies, and so spread their spores. [10]
Like all fungi, they are heterotrophs with some being described as saprobes (with weak evidence). [10]