Classiculomycetes

The Classiculomycetes are a class of fungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. The class contains a single order, the Classiculales, which in turn contains the single family Classiculaceae. The family contains two monotypic genera.^[3]

Classiculomycetes
Classicula sinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Subdivision:	Pucciniomycotina
Class:	Classiculomycetes R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P. Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006)[1]
Order:	Classiculales R.Bauer, Begerow, Oberw. & Marvanová (2003)[2]
Family:	Classiculaceae R.Bauer, Begerow, Oberw. & Marvanová (2003)[2]
Genera
Classicula Jaculispora

They belong to a morpholigical group called "aquatic hyphomycetes" which are fungi that grow on submerged decaying plant matter, but they are also found as mycoparasites and endophytes.^[4] This is only an informal descriptive group which is divided phylogenetically between asco types (the great majority) and basidio types (a small percentage of hyphomycetes).^[4] The Classiculomycetes belong to the basidiomycete minority.^[5]