Chytrid Taxonomy since 1960 P
PATERAMYCES Letcher [Pateramycetaceae, Rhizophydiales] Mycological Research, 112: 759-782. 2008.
Pateramyces corrientinensis Letcher [Pateramycetaceae, Rhizophydiales] Mycological Research, 112: 759-782. 2008.
saprobic, pollen bait, small lake, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Argentina.
Phlyctidium (Braun) Rabenhorst 1868 = Rhizophydium Schenk 1858; Karling: CI, Pp. 64-65. 1977
Phlyctidium anatropum (Braun) Rabenhorst 1856 Ξ Rhizophydium anatropum (Braun) Karling; CI, p. 65. 1977
Phlyctidium apophysatum Canter 1947 emended by H. Canter;
Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 44: 522-528, figs. 1-3 & Pl. 34, figs.1-10.
1961;
Parasitic; Mougeotia; E.L.D., U.K. Ξ Canteria apophysata (Canter) Karling 1971
Phlyctidium brevipes var. marinum Kobayasi &
Ookubo 1954
Ξ Rhizophydium brevipes var. marinum (Kobayasi &
Ookubo) Karling; CI, p. 65, 1977
Phlyctidium bumilleriae Couch 1932 Ξ Rhizophydium bumilleriae (Couch) Karling; CI, p. 65. 1977
Phlyctidium globosum Skuja 1956 Ξ Rhizophydium skujai (Skuja) Karling; CI, p. 64. 1977
Phlyctidium keratinophilum Ookubo and Kobayasi 1955
Ξ Rhizophydium ellipsoidium (Ookubo & Kobayasi) Karling; CI, p.
64. 1977
Phlyctidium keratinophilum var. savulescui Cejp;
Omagiu lui Traian Savulescu (Bucuresti), 129-138, fig. 1. 1959;
Saprophytic;
human hair; rill; pasture near Rokycany, Romania
Phlyctidium marinum Karling; Sydowia, 20: 74-84, Pl.
XII, figs. 1-8. 1967;
Saprophytic; Pinus pollen; beach sand + sea water;
Aukland, N.Z.
Ξ Rhizophydium novae-zelandiensis (Karling) Karling; CI, p. 65. 1977
Phlyctidium mycetophagum Karling 1946 Ξ Rhizophydium obypriformis (Karling) Karling; CI, p. 64. 1977
Phlyctidium olla Sparrow 1933 Ξ Rhizophydium olla (Sparrow) Karling; CI, p. 65. 1977
Phlyctidium scenedesmi Fott; Z. Allg. Mikrobiol., 7:
97-102, figs. 1-16. 1967;
Parasitic; Scenedesmus quadricauda in mass
culture; water; Trebon, Czechoslovakia;
Ξ Rhizophydium scenedesmi (Fott)
Karling; CI, p. 65. 1977
Phlyctidium spinulosum Sparrow 1933 Ξ Rhizophydium spinulosum (Sparrow) Karling; CI, p. 65. 1977
Phlyctidium tenue Sparrow 1952 Ξ Rhizophydium tenue (Sparrow) Karling; CI, p. 65. 1977
Phlyctidium tubulatum in S.N. Dasgupta; Indian Phytopathol., 35: 215. 1982; ? nomen nudum
Phlyctochytrium acuminatum D.J.S. Barr; Canad. J. Bot., 47: 991-997, figs. 71-82. 1969;
Saprophytic; pine pollen; soil;
southwestern Ontario, Canada; Ξ Spizellomyces acuminatus (D.J.S. Barr)
D.J.S. Barr 1984
Phlyctochytrium aestuarii Ulken; Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch.
Bremerhaven, 13: 205-216, figs. 5 & 6. 1972;
Saprophytic; pine
pollen; river mud, Weser Estuary; Germany
Phlyctochytrium africanum Gaertner 1954 (not validly published)
= Spizellomyces acuminatus (D.J.S. Barr) D.J.S. Barr; Canad. J. Bot., 62: 1171-1201. 1984
Phlyctochytrium apophysatum S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Bull.
Bot. Surv. India, 30: 1-82, fig. 36. 1988;
Saprophytic ?; Closterium; tank, garden; Lucknow U., India
Phlyctochytrium arcticum D.J.S. Barr; Canad. J. Bot., 48: 2279-2283, figs.1-17. 1970;
Saprophytic; pollen; soil, pH 7.9;
Canadian Arctic; Ξ Triparticalcar arcticum D.J.S. Barr 1984
Phlyctochytrium aureliae 1945 Ajello = Phlyctochytrium variable 1954; T.W. Johnson; Norw. J. Bot., 22: 249-257. 1975
Phlyctochytrium californicum D.J.S. Barr; Canad. J. Bot., 47: 991-997, figs. 23-33. 1969;
Saprophytic; pine pollen; soil; CA, USA.
= Gaertneriomyces semiglobiferum (Uebelmesser) Barr 1980
Phlyctochytrium chandleri (IF 4:385) Sparrow;
Arch. Microbiol., 104: 39-49, figs. 6-9. 1975;
Saprophytic; pollen; soil;
oasis, Tunisia
Phlyctochytrium circulidentatum Koch In Umphlett & Koch;
Mycologia, 61: 1021-1030, figs. 1-3, 11-17. 1969;
Saprophytic; pollen and
moribund Closterium; bottom debris; Ravenal Lake, NC, USA
Phlyctochytrium cystoferum Willoughby; Arch. Mikrobiol., 52: 101-131, fig. 1 a-h. 1965;
Saprophytic; grass leaf bait; soil from
heath; Victoria, Australia;
Ξ Polyphlyctis cystofera (Willoughby) A.
Batko; ZH, p. 183. 1975
Phlyctochytrium dichotomum Umphlett; Mycologia, 59:
1085-1096, figs. 1-41. 1967;
Saprophytic; sweet gum pollen; soil + sawdust;
Chatham Co., NC, USA
Ξ Kochiomyces dichotomus (Umphlett) D.J.S.
Barr 1980
Phlyctochytrium dissolutum S.N. Dasgupta & R. John; Bull.
Bot. Surv. India, 30: 1-82, fig. 37. 1988;
Saprophytic ?; Closterium; tank, garden; Lucknow U., India
Phlyctochytrium furcatum Sparrow; Arch. Mikrobiol., 53:
178-180, figs. 1-9. 1966;
Saprophytic; pine pollen; almost dry bog with Vaccinium; MI, USA
Phlyctochytrium hirsutum Karling; Sydowia, 20: 86-95,
figs. 3-10. 1967;
Saprophytic; purified shrimp chitin; soil; N.Z.
Phlyctochytrium incrustans Sparrow & Lange; Canad. J. Bot., 55: 1879-1890, figs. 19-22. 1977;
Saprophytic; pine pollen; bog; Emmet
Co., MI, USA
Phlyctochytrium indicum Karling; Sydowia, 17: 285-296,
figs. 16-31. 1964;
Saprophytic; pine pollen; brackish soil; Rhamnad Dist.,
Madras, India
Phlyctochytrium irregulare Koch; J. Elisha Mitchell. Sci. Soc., 73: 108-122, figs. 13-24. 1957;
Saprophytic; Liquidambar pollen
and Paspalum leaves bait; wet soils; NC, USA
Phlyctochytrium kniepii Gaertner 1954 (not validly published)
Ξ Spizellomyces kniepii Gaertner ex D.J.S. Barr; Canad. J. Bot., 62:
1171-1201. 1984
Phlyctochytrium lackeyi Sparrow; Mycologia, 68:
1233-1234, figs. 1-4. 1976;
Saprophytic; pollen; Punch Bowl; Milford, FL,
USA
Phlyctochytrium macrosporum Sparrow; Mycologia, 70:
140-149, figs. 1-14, 1978;
Parasitic?; live pine pollen; neuston; Newnan's Lake,
FL, USA
Phlyctochytrium mangrovii Ulken; Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch.
Bremerhaven, 13: 217-230, figs. 1,2. 1972;
Saprophytic; pine pollen and
cattle hair; mangrove muds; Cananeia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Phlyctochytrium marilandicum Sparrow; Mycologia, 65:
1331-1336, figs. 1-11. 1973;
Saprophytic; pollen; woodland soil; MD, USA
Phlyctochytrium megastomum Karling; Mycopathol. Mycol. Appl., 36: 165-178, figs. 1-17. 1968;
Saprophytic; bleached corn leaves; soil;
Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
= P. irregularis Koch 1957 (Sparrow opinion,
unpublished)
Phlyctochytrium mucosum Sparrow & I.J. Dogma; Arch.
Mikrobiol., 89: 177-204, fig. 1, J-M. 1973;
Saprophytic; pine pollen
bait; soil; Dominican Republic
Phlyctochytrium multidentatum Umphlett; Mycologia, 61:
1021-1030, figs. 4-10. 1969;
Saprophytic; sweet gum pollen; "soil & water"
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Phlyctochytrium neuhausiae (IF 4:417) Sparrow;
Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., 81: 2-5, figs. 10-14. 1974;
Saprophytic; pine
pollen; soil; Delphi, Greece
Phlyctochytrium palustre Gaertner 1954 (not validly published);
? Spizellomyces palustris Gaertner ex D.J.S. Barr; Canad. J. Bot., 62: 1171-1201. 1984
Phlyctochytrium parasitans Sparrow & I.J. Dogma; Arch.
Mikrobiol., 89: 177-204, fig. 2, T-U. 1973;
Parasitic; eggs of Achlya
flagellata; damp soil; Carretara Duarte, Hispaniola
Phlyctochytrium peruvianum Knox (not validly published) PhD
thesis, VPI, Blacksburg, VA. 1970;
= Spizellomyces punctatus (Koch)
D.J.S. Barr 1984
Phlyctochytrium planicorne Atkinson 1909 emended by Umphlett
& Holland; Mycologia, 52: 429-435. 1960;
= Rhizophydium digitatum Scherffel 1926; T.W. Johnson: Norw. J. Bot., 22: 249-257. 1975
See:
P.M. Letcher and M.J. Powell, 2005.
Phylogenetic position of Phlyctochytrium planicorne [Chytridiomycota, Chytridiales] based
on zoospore ultrastructure and
partial nuclear LSU rRNA gene sequence analysis. Nova Hedwigia 80: 135—146.
Phlyctochytrium plurigibbosum D.J.S. Barr; Canad. J. Bot., 47: 991-997, figs. 44-52. 1969;
Saprophytic; pine pollen; soil; Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada;
Ξ Spizellomyces plurigibbosus (D.J.S. Barr) D.J.S. Barr
1984
Phlyctochytrium powhatanense (IF 4:250) Roane;
Mycologia, 65: 531-538, figs. 1-2, 15-20. 1973;
Saprophytic; rotifer,
chitin, snake skin; impoundment; Pulaski Co., VA, USA
Phlyctochytrium punctatum Koch; J. Elisha Mitchell. Sci. Soc., 73: 108-122, figs. 1-16. 1957;
Saprophytic; Liquidambar and pine
pollen bait; soil; New Guinea;
Ξ Spizellomyces punctatus (Koch) Barr
1984
Phlyctochytrium recurvastomum Knox & Paterson; Mycologia, 65: 373-387, figs. 11-18. 1973;
Saprophytic; pollen; soil; McMurdo area,
Antarctica
Phlyctochytrium rhizopenicillium Knox (not valid pub.) PhD thesis, VPI, Blacksburg, VA. 1970
Phlyctochytrium semiglobiferum Uebelmesser 1956
Ξ Gaertneriomyces semiglobiferus (Uebel.) D.J.S. Barr; Canad. J. Bot., 58: 2380-2394. 1980
Phlyctochytrium spinosum Sparrow; Mycologia, 65:
1331-1336, figs. 12-16. 1973;
Saprophytic; pollen ?; soil from spring-fed
meadow; HI, USA
Phlyctochytrium variable Rieth 1954; = Phlyctochytrium aureliae Ajello 1945; T.W. Johnson; Norw. J. Bot., 22: 249-257
Phlyctochytrium vaucheriae Rieth 1956; Ξ Blyttiomyces vaucheriae (Rieth) I.J. Dogma; Mycologia, 61: 1149-1158. 1969
Phlyctochytrium verruculosum Knox (not valid pub.) PhD thesis,
VPI, Blacksburg, VA. 1970;
= Spizellomyces punctatus (Koch) D.J.S. Barr ;
Canad. J. Bot., 58: 2380-2394. 1980
Phlyctorhiza variabilis Karling 1947 Ξ Entophlyctis
variabilis (Karling) Cejp; Omagiu lui Traian S?vulescu, 129-138. 1959;
Ξ Catenophlyctis variabilis (Karling) Karling; Amer. J. Bot., 52:
133-138. 1965
Physodermataceae Transferred from Chytridiales to Blastocladiales; Lange & Olson: Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 74: 449-457, 1980
PIROMYCES Gold, Heath & Bouchop; Biosystems, 21: 403-415. 1988; in Neocallimastigales;
= Piromonas communis sensu Orpin, 1977
Piromyces communis Gold, Heath & Bauchop; BioSystems, 21: 403-415, (figs. 1-10 in Orpin 1977). 1988;
Saprophytic; plant
material; rumen of sheep.
Ξ Piromonas communis Liebetanz sensu Orpin
1977
Piromyces dumbonicus J. Li (IF); Canad. J. Bot., 68: 1021-1033, figs. 2,4,9,12,13,19,23,24,31. 1990;
Saprophytic;
cellulosic; gut of elephant; New Zealand
Piromyces mae J. Li; Canad. J. Bot., 68: 1021-1033,
figs. 1, 3, 5-8, 10, 11, 15-16, 20-22, 25-30, 32. 1990;
Saprophytic; plant
material; caecum of horse, New Zealand
Piromyces minutus Y.W. Ho; Mycotaxon, 47: 285-293, figs.
1-14. 1993;
Saprophytic; guinea grass (Panicum maximum); rumen of Sika
deer (Cervus nippon); Malaysia
Piromyces rhizinflatus (IF 6:445) Breton et al.;
FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 82: 1-8, figs. 1-2. 1991;
Saprophytic; culture;
dried faeces of Saharian ass; Tunisia.
Lectotype: see Y.W. Ho
& D.J.S. Barr; Mycologia, 87: 656-678. 1995
Piromyces spiralis Y.W. Ho; Mycotaxon, 48: 59-68, figs.
1-14. 1993;
Saprophytic; guinea grass (Panicum maximum); rumen of katjang
goat (Capra hircus);Malaysia
Pleotrachelus Zopf 1884 Synonym of Olpidium (Braun) Rabenhorst 1868; Karling, CI, p. 14. 1977
Pleotrachelus askaulos Bradley; Amer. J. Bot., 54:
577-582, fig. 8. 1967 (fossil);
Eocene Green River Formation; Wyoming, USA
Pleotrachelus bornovanus Sahtiyanci; Arch. Mikrobiol., 41: 187-228, figs. 50-79. 1962;
Parasitic; Lactuca, Spinacea, Beta,
Nicotiana, Solanum et al.; soil;
Ξ Olpidium bornovanus (Sahtiyanci)
Karling; CI, p. 13. 1977; = O. radicale (sensu Lange &
Insunza 1977);
= O. cucurbitacearum D.J.S. Barr & Dias 1968. See
Campbell & Sim; Canad. J. Bot., 72: 1136-1143. 1994.
Pleotrachelus brassicae (Woronin) Sahtiyanci; Arch. Mikrobiol. 41: 187-228. 1962;
Ξ Olpidium brassicae (Wor.) Dangeard;
maintained as O. brassicae by Karling; CI, p. 18. 1977
Pleotrachelus virulentus Sahtiyanci; Arch. Mikrobiol., 41: 187-228, figs. 24-49. 1962;
Parasitic; Lactuca, Solanum, Beta,
Nicotiana, Capsella;
Ξ Olpidium virulentus (Sahtiyanci) Karling; CI, p. 13. 1977
Pleotrachelus wildemanni Petersen 1910 Ξ Olpidium wildemanni (Petersen) Karling; CI, p. 18. 1977
Pleotrachelus zopfianus Morini 1913 Ξ Olpidium zopfianus (Morini) Karling; CI p. 18. 1977
Podochytrium chitinophilum Willoughby; Trans. Brit. Mycol.
Soc., 44: 586-592, fig. 2, Pl. 38. 1961;
Saprophytic; termite wings;
Wastwater, E.L.D., U.K.
Podochytrium dentatum Longcore; Mycologia, 84: 183-192,
figs. 1-29. 1992;
Saprophytic; chitin; lake, circumneutral pH; Maine, USA
Podochytrium ellerbeckense Willoughby; Nova Hedwigia, 5:
335-340, Pl. 53 a-w. 1963;
Saprophytic; waterlily leaf stalks; garden pond;
E.L.D., U.K.
Polyphagus asymmetricus Valkanov (no Latin diagnosis); Arch.
Protistenk., 106: 565-568, Pl. 44. 1963;
Parasitic; Botrydiopsis;
hyponeuston, southern Bulgaria
Polyphagus elegans Canter; Nova Hedwigia, 5: 419-428,
Pls. 74-76. 1963;
Parasitic; Ulothrix mucosum; plankton; Windermere,
E.L.D., U.K.
Polyphagus euglenae Nowakowski, For TEM of zoospores see M.J. Powell; Can. J. Bot., 59: 2049-2061. 1981.
Polyphagus hyponeustonica (Valkanov) Karling; CI, p.
174. 1977 (sp. not validated)
Ξ Arnaudovia hyponeustonica Valkanov 1963
(no Latin diagnosis)
Polyphagus serpentinus Canter; Nova Hedwigia, 5:
419-428, Pls. 71-73. 1963;
Parasitic; Spondylosium spp.; lakes; E.L.D.,
U.K.
Polyphagus starrii Johns; Mycologia, 56: 441-451, figs.
1-6, 1964;
Parasitic; Eudorina, Pandorina, et al.; Stonewall Pond, MA,
USA
POLYPHLYCTIS Karling [Chytridiales]; Sydowia, 20: 86-95. 1967
Polyphlyctis cystofera (Willoughby) A. Batko; ZH, p. 183. 1975; Ξ Phlyctochytrium cystoferum Willoughby 1965
Polyphlyctis unispina (Paterson) Karling; Sydowia, 20: 86-95. 1967; Ξ Phlyctochytrium unispinum Paterson 1956
POWELLOMYCES Longcore, D.J.S. Barr & Désaulniers [Spizellomycetales]; Canad. J. Bot. 73: 1385-1390. 1995
Powellomyces hirtus Longcore, D.J.S. Barr & Désaulniers;
Canad J. Bot. 73: 1385-1390, figs. 1-18. 1995;
Saprophytic; pollen bait;
soil; Ontario, Canada
Powellomyces variabilis Powell & Koch ex Longcore, D.J.S.
Barr & N. Désaulniers; Canad. J. Bot. 73: 1385-1390. 1995;
Ξ Entophlyctis variabilis sensu Powell & Koch 1977 not E.
variabilis (Karling) Cejp 1959
Pringsheimiella dioica Couch 1939 (homonym and no Latin diagnosis)
Ξ Dictyomorpha dioica Couch ex Mullins; Amer. J. Bot., 48: 377-387. 1961
PROTRUDOMYCETACEAE Letcher [Rhizophydiales]. Mycological Research, 112: 759-782. 2008.
PROTRUDOMYCES Letcher [Rhizophydiales, Protrudomycetaceae] Mycological Research, 112: 759-782. 2008.
Protrudomyces laterale (A. Braun) Letcher. Mycological Research, 112: 759-782. 2008.
Ξ Chtridium laterale A. Braun 1855.
Ξ Rhizophydium laterale (A.Braun) Rabenh. 1868.
= Rhizophydium karlingii Sparrow 1960.
Letcher (2008) Epitype=GenBank LSU rDNA sequence EF585628, ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA sequence EF585668,
Culture (ARG 071) in ATCCand CBS
PSEUDOPILEUM Canter [Chytridiales]; Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 46: 305-320. 1963
Pseudopileum unum Canter; Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 46:
305-320, fig. 3. 1963;
Parasitic; cysts of Mallomonas sp.; plankton of
Elterwater; E.L.D., U.K.
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