“This article provides an outline of the classification of the kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi. i.e. dispersed spores, mycelia, sporophores, mycorrhizas). We treat 19 phyla of fungi, viz. Aphelidiomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Entorrhizomycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota. The placement of each genus at the class, order and family level is provided. The number of species per genus are also given. Notes are also provided where recent changes or disagreements occur. Fungi-like taxa (i.e. Eumycetozoa, Dictyosteliomycetes, Ceratiomyxomycetes and Myxomycetes), which have generally been treated as fungi in traditional taxonomy are also provided as an outline. Three new orders in Rozellomycota (viz. Amblyosporida ord. nov. Neopereziida ord. nov., Ovavesiculida ord. nov.) are introduced, while one family is introduced in Dictyosteliomycetes (fungi-like). A phylogenetic tree which represents all orders of fungi, where DNA sequences are available is also provided based on rRNA 18S, rRNA 28S, RPB1 and RPB2 genes.”
Congratulations, Dr. Nalin Wijayawardene and co-authors!
