Chytrid Taxonomy since 1960 A—B
Achlyogeton (doubtful member of Chytridiomycetes) See W.H.
Blackwell and M.J. Powell;
Mycotaxon 64: 91-99 for taxonomic summary.
ALLOCHYTRIDIUM Salkin [Cladochytriales]; Amer. J. Bot., 57:
649-658. 1970 = Karlingia; Karling; Nova Hedwigia, 28: 209-229.
1976;
but Allochytridium recognized by Barr & Désaulniers; see
Mycologia, 78: 439-448. 1986
Allochytridium expandens Salkin; Amer. J. Bot., 57:
649-658, figs. 2-49. 1970;
= Karlingia expandens (Salkin) Karling; Nova
Hedwigia, 28: 209-229. 1976.
Saprophytic; onion skin; roadside puddle,
Solano Co., CA (This combination is not generally accepted.)
Allochytridium luteum D.J.S. Barr & Désaulniers; Mycologia, 79: 193-199, figs. 1-26. 1987.
Saprophytic; boiled grass; beach sand close
to water level, Ontario, Canada.
Allomyces; for review see L. Olson: Opera Bot. 73: 1-96. 1984.
Allomyces (subgenus) Karling; Mycopath. Mycol. Appl., 49: 169-122. 1973.
Allomyces attomyces in S.N. Dasgupta; Indian Phytopathol. 35: 215. 1982; ? nomen nudum.
Allomyces catenoides Sparrow; Mycologia, 56: 460-461.
1964 (Latin description).
For figs. see: Sparrow & Morrison; Pap. Michigan
Acad. Sci., 46: 175-181, 2 pls. 1961.
Saprophytic; hemp seed; aquarium
with tropical fish.
Allomyces reticulatus Emerson & Robertson; Amer. J. Bot., 61: 303-317, figs. 14-21. 1974;
key to genera of Blastocladiaceae.
Saprophytic;
house fly bait; cracked dry soil from drainage ditch; CA, USA
ALPHAMYCETACEAE Letcher [Rhizophydiales] Mycobank no.: MB 511771. Mycological Research, 112: 759-782. 2008.
ALPHAMYCES Letcher [Alphamycetaceae] MycoBank no.: MB 511785. Mycological Research, 112: 759-782. 2008.
Alphamyces chaetiferum (Sparrow) Letcher. Mycobank no.: MB 511786. Mycological Research, 112: 759-782. Figs 2N-Q, 5D. 2008.
Ξ Rhizophydium chaetiferum Sparrow 1937.
Amphicypellus Ingold 1944 = Chytriomyces Karling 1945.
Dogma, I.J., Jr., Philipp. J. Biol. 5: 121-142 (p. 136) 1976.
Dogma lists Chytriomyces as nomen conservandum; however Chytriomyces is not listed as a conserved genus in the Tokyo
Code.
Amphicypellus elegans Ingold 1944 = Chytriomyces elegans (Ingold) I.J. Dogma; Philipp. J. Biol. 5: 121-142 (p. 136). 1976
ANAEROMYCES Breton et al. [Neocallimastigales]; FEMS Microbiol.
Lett., 70: 177-182. 1990
= Ruminomyces Y.W. Ho 1990; described
later, see: Mycotaxon, 47: 283-284. 1993
Anaeromyces elegans (Y.W. Ho) Y.W. Ho; Mycotaxon, 47: 283-284. 1993 = Ruminomyces elegans Y.W. Ho 1990
Anaeromyces mucronatus Breton et al.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 70: 177-182, fig. 1 a-f. 1990.
Lectotype: see Y.W. Ho & D.J.S. Barr;
Mycologia 87: 656-678. 1995.
Saprophytic; hay; rumen of holstein cows; France
ANGULOMYCETACEAE Letcher [Rhizophydiales] MycoBank no.: MB 511774. Letcher et al.Mycological Research 112: 759-782. 2008.
ANGULOMYCES Letcher [Angulomycetaceae] MycoBank no.: MB 511779. Letcher et al.Mycological Research 112: 759-782. 2008.
Angulomyces argentinensis Letcher. MycoBank no: MB 511787. Mycological Research 112: 759-782. 2008.
Saprophytic; pollen bait; aquatic; Paichí stream at the Paraná River floodplain, Argentina
AQUAMYCETACEAE Letcher [Rhizophydiales] MycoBank no.: MB 511773. Letcher et al.Mycological Research 112: 759-782. 2008.
AQUAMYCES Letcher [Aquamycetaceae] MycoBank no.: MB 511778. Letcher et al.Mycological Research 112: 759-782. 2008.
Aquamyces chlorogonii (Serbinow) Letcher MycoBank no.: MB 511784.
Ξ Phlyctidium chlorogonii Serbinow 1907,
ΞRhizophydium chlorogonii (Serbinow ) Jacz. 1931.
Letcher et al. declared Figs 3A-D and Fig 5F as epitype. Letcher et al.Mycological Research 112: 759-782. 2008.
ARNAUDOVIA Valkanov [Chytridiales]; Arch. Protistenk., 106: 553-564. 1963 (no Latin diagnosis)
= Polyphagus; Karling: CI, p. 174. 1977
Arnaudovia hyponeustonica Valkanov (no Latin diagnosis); Arch.
Protistenk., 106: 553-564, Pls. 40-43. 1963
= Polyphagus
hyponeustonica (Valkanov) Karling 1977.
Parasitic; Phacotus,
Trachelomonas, Strombomonas spp.; ditch; Longoza, Bulgaria
Asterophlyctis irregularis Karling; Sydowia, 20: 96-108,
figs. 1-16. 1967 = Septosperma irregularis (Karling) I.J. Dogma 1974.
Saprophytic; Chitin bait; water containing Characeae; Lake Ohau, N.Z.
Asterophlyctis sarcoptoides H.E. Petersen 1903
= Diplophlyctis sarcoptoides (H.E. Petersen) I.J. Dogma; Nova Hedwigia, 25: 121-141. 1974
A. sarcoptoides as represented by JEL186 is in the Chytridiaceae (James et al. 2006).
I reject Dogma's change of this species to the genus Diplophlyctis.
BATRACHOCHYTRIUM Longcore, Pessier & Nichols [Rhizophydiales]; Mycologia 91: 219-227, 1999.
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Longcore, Pessier
& Nichols; Mycologia 91: 219-227, figs. 2-30. 1999.
Pathogenic, keratinized amphibian epidermis, type culture from Dendrobates azureus, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC.
Pure culture isolated October 13, 1997.
Blastocladia arborata S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 1-3. 1988.
Saprophytic; styles of
submerged flowers of Caryopteris; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia caduca S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 36-38. 1988.
Saprophytic; styles of
submerged flowers of Cretavea; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia coronata S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 39-43. 1988.
Saprophytic; fruit of Eugenia jambolana bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia cristata in S.N. Dasgupta; Indian Phytopathol. 35: 215. 1982; ? nomen nudum
Blastocladia didyma S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, fig. 29. 1988.
Saprophytic; fruit of Physalis peruviana bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia elegans S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 21-22. 1988.
Saprophytic; mango fruit
bait; tanks; Lucknow U., Lucknow
Blastocladia excelsa S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, fig. 33-35. 1988.
Saprophytic; ripe guava
fruit bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia filamentosa S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 27, 28. 1988.
Saprophytic; Eugenia
jambolana fruit bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia fruticosa S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 4, 5. 1988.
Saprophytic; Eugenia
jambolana fruit bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia fusiformis S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 30-32. 1988.
Saprophytic; stamens and
pistils of Crataeva religiosa; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia globosa var. minutissima C.
Manoharachary et al.; Bibl. Mycol., 91: 457-462, fig. 1D. 1983.
Saprophytic; unripe mango fruit bait; Temple pond; Vikarabad, A.P., India
Blastocladia heterosporangia S.N. Dasgupta & R. John;
Indian Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 44-45. 1988.
Saprophytic;
submerged grape as bait; River Gomti, Lucknow, India
Blastocladia mammilata S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 15-17. 1988.
Saprophytic; submerged Pyrus fruit bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia picaria in S.N. Dasgupta; Indian Phytopathol. 35: 215. 1982; ? nomen nudum
Blastocladia pileota S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 9-11. 1988.
Saprophytic; submerged Pyrus fruit bait; tanks; garden, Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia pusilla S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 6-8. 1988.
Saprophytic; mango fruit
bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia sessilis S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Indian
Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 23-24. 1988.
Saprophytic; jamun and
guava bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladia spiciformis S.N. Dasgupta & R. John (IF 5:946); Indian Phytopathol., 41: 521-547, figs. 12-14. 1988.
Saprophytic; guava bait; tanks; Lucknow U., India
Blastocladiella; Karling established subgenera Blastocladiella, Eucladiella & Cystocladiella;
Mycopath. Mycol. App. 49: 169-172. 1973
Blastocladiella anabaenae Canter & Willoughby; Journ. Roy.
Micr. Soc., Ser. 3, 83: 365-372, Pls. 159-162. 1964.
Parasitic; Anabaena flos-aquae & A. circinalis; Lake Windermere plankton;
E.L.D., U.K.
Blastocladiella britannica Horenstein and Cantino; Trans. Brit.
Mycol. Soc., 44: 185-198, Pl. 15. 1961.
For figs. see: Willoughby; Trans.
Brit. Mycol. Soc., 42: 287-291. 1959.
Saprophytic; grass, snake skin,
hemp seed; periodically inundated soil; E.L.D., U.K.
Blastocladiella colombiensis Karling; Nova Hedwigia, 40:
329-340, Pls. II & III, figs. 4-34, 1984.
Saprophytic; snake skin, insects,
rarely hempseed; dry soil; La Guajira, Colombia
Blastocladiella nova-zeylandiae Karling; Sydowia, 20:
144-150, figs. 4-29. 1967.
Saprophytic; bleached corn leaves and snake skin;
soil; N.Z.
BLASTOCLADIOMYCOTA James; Mycologia, 98: 860-871. A molecular phylogeny of the flagellatede fungi
(Chytridiomycota)
and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota). 2006
Blastocladiopsis elegans Robertson; Canad. J. Bot., 54:
611-615, figs. 1-7. 1976.
= Ramocladia reticulata Sorgel 1952 (nomen
nudum).
Saprophytic; fly; soil; Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Blyttiomyces Bartsch emended by I.J. Dogma;
Kalikasan, Philipp. J. Biol., 8: 237-266. 1979;
includes key to species. This is probably a polyphyletic genus. See phylogenetic position of B. helicus
in James et al. Mycologia, 98: 860-871. 2006
Blyttiomyces aureus Booth; Syesis, 2: 141-161, figs.
15-22, 58-61. 1969.
= B. laevis 1952; T.W. Johnson: Norw. J. Bot. 24: 83-88. 1977.
Saprophytic; pine pollen; occasionally saline soil;
Saturna Island, B.C., Canada
Blyttiomyces conicus T.W. Johnson; Norw. J. Bot., 24:
83-88, figs. 1-24. 1977.
Saprophytic; pine pollen; water & Sphagnum;
stream, Lysekloster, Norway
Blyttiomyces exuviae in S.N. Dasgupta; Indian Phytopathol., 35: 215. 1982; ? nomen nudum
Blyttiomyces gregarum in S.N. Dasgupta; Indian Phytopathol., 35: 215. 1982; ? nomen nudum
Blyttiomyces harderi Sparrow & I.J. Dogma; Arch.
Mikrobiol., 89: 177-204, fig. 3, A-I. 1973.
Parasitic; Rhizophlyctis
rosea; soil; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Blyttiomyces laevis Sparrow 1952. = Blyttiomyces aureus Booth 1969; T.W. Johnson: Norw. J. bot., 24: 83-88. 1977
Blyttiomyces lenis S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Bull. Bot.
Surv. India, 30: 1-82, fig. 42. 1988.
Parasitic; zygospore of Spirogyra; ditch, Sultanpur Road, SE of Lucknow U., India
Blyttiomyces rhizophlyctidis I.J. Dogma; Mycologia, 61:
1149-1158, figs. 1-21. 1969.
Parasitic; Rhizophlyctis rosea; soil sample
from Petersburg, VA, USA
Blyttiomyces spinosus S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Bull. Bot.
Surv. India, 30: 1-82, figs. 38-41. 1988.
?Saprophytic; Spirogyra;
aquatic habitat, Lucknow, India
Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (Rieth) I.J. Dogma; Mycologia, 61: 1149-1158. 1969 = Phlyctochytrium vaucheriae Rieth 1956
Blyttiomyces verrucosus I.J. Dogma; Kalikasan,
Phillipp. J. Biol., 8: 237-266, figs. 1-17. 1979.
Saprophytic; pine pollen;
ciultivated soils; Sipocot, Camarines Sur, Luzon, Philippines
BOOTHIOMYCES Letcher [Rhizophydiales; Terramycetaceae]; P.M. Letcher et al. Mycological Research 110: 898—915, 2006.
Boothiomyces macroporosum (Karling) Letcher; P.M. Letcher et al. Mycological Research 110: 898—915, 2006
Ξ Rhizophydium macroporosum Karling, Sydowia 20: 76, Plates XII, XIII, figs 9-20 (1967).
Letcher et al. designated Mycol Res. 110: 907 figs 3 E-G, 910 fig. 6 (2006) as epitype.
Epitype from PL AUS 021,GenBank LSU rDNA sequence AY 439040, ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA sequence DQ485642.
Epitype saprobic on pollen; forest soil, from wet sclerophyll forest, Wilburforce, New South Wales, Australia.
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