The Chytridiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Chytridiales. The family contains 33 genera and 238 species according to a 2008 estimate.[1]

Chytridiaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Chytridiales
Family: Chytridiaceae
Nowak. (1878)
Type genus
Chytridium
A.Braun (1851)

Genera

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References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Letcher PM, Longcore JE, Powell MJ (2014). "Dendrochytridium crassum gen. et sp. nov., a taxon in Chytridiales with unique zoospore ultrastructure". Mycologia. 106 (1): 145–53. doi:10.3852/13-134. PMID 24603838.
  3. ^ Letcher PM, Longcore JE, Powell MJ (2014). "Irineochytrium, a new genus in Chytridiales having zoospores and aplanospores". Mycologia. 106 (6): 1188–98. doi:10.3852/14-057. PMID 25143479.