© Jens H. Petersen, Department of Systematic Botany, Biological Institute, University of Aarhus, Denmark

 

Overview of the ZYGOMYCOTA

 

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This outline of the Zygomycota is largely derived from Ainsworth, G.C., F.K. Sparrow & A.S. Sussman (eds.) : The Fungi, 1973. It is thus not a very modern system, but as far as I know, nobody has since published a coherent system to the Zygomycota.

 

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Genera containing lichenized species are coloured yellow

Genera containing mycorrhizal species are coloured green

Genera containing biotroph parasites species are coloured red

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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   Zygomycetes
     Mucorales
     Endogonales
     Glomales
     Entomophthorales
     Zoopagales
  Trichomycetes
     Harpellales
     Asellariales
     Eccrinales
     Amoebidiales
     
         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



   
   Zygomycetes
    Mucorales
      Choanephoraceae
        Choanephora, Gilbertella
      Cunninghamellaceae
        Cunninghamella
      Dimargaritaceae
        Dimargaris
      Heliococephalidaceae
        Rhopalomyces, Helicocephalum
      Kickxellaceae
        Spirodactylon, Spiromyces, Kickxella, Martensiomyces, Linderina, Dipsacomyces, Martensella, Coemansia
      Mortierellaceae
        Aquamortierella, Dissophora, Haplosporangium, Mortierella
      Mucoraceae
        Absidia, Actinomucor, Mucor, Rhizopus, Spinellus
      Pilobolaceae
        Pilaria, Pilobolus
      Piptocephalidaceae
        Piptocephalis, Syncephalis
      Radiomycetaceae
        Hesseltinella, Radiomyces
      Saksenaeaceae
        Echinosporangium, Saksenaea
      Syncephalastraceae
        Syncephalastrum
      Thamnidiaceae
        Chartocladium, Chartostylum, Cokeromyces, Dicranophora, Helicostylum, Thamnidium, Thamnostylum


     Endogonales
       Endogonaceae
        Endogone, Sclerocgone


     Glomales
       Glomaceae
        Glomus, Sclerocystis
       Acaulosporaceae
        Acaulospora, Entrophospora
       Gigasporaceae
        Gigaspora, Scutellospora


     Entomophthorales
       Entomophthoraceae
        Ancylistes, Basidiobolus, Completoria, Conidiobolus, Entomophthora, Massospora


      Zoopagales
       Zoopagaceae
        Acaulopage, Cystopage, Stylopage, Zoopage
       Cochlonemaceae
        Amoebophilus, Aplectosoma, Bdellospora, Endocochlus, Euryancale


  ? Trichomycetes
     Harpellales
       Harpellaceae
        Carouxella, Harpella, Stachylina
       Genistellaceae
        Genistella, Genistellospora, Glotxia, Graminella, Orpella, Penella, Pteromakton, Simuliomyces, Smittium, Spartiella, Stipeila, Trichozygospora


     Asellariales
       Asellariaceae
        Asellaria, Orchesellaria, Trichoceridium


     Eccrinales
       Eccrinaceae
        Alacrinella, Arundinula, Astreptonema, Eccrinidus, Eccrinoides, Enterobryus, Enteromyces, Ramacrinella, Taeniella, Taeniellopsis
       Palavasciaceae
        Palavascia
       Parataeniellaceae
        Lajassiella, Parataeniella


     Amoebidiales
       Amoebidiaceae
        Amoebidium, Paramoebidium