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 group called "aquatic Hyphomycetes" which grow on submerged decaying plant matter. This is only an informal descriptive group which is divided phylogenetically between asco types (the great majority) and basidio types. The Classiculomycetes belong to the small basidio minority.^[4]

References

1. Bauer R, Begerow D, Sampaio JP, Weiss M, Oberwinkler F (2006). "The simple-septate basidiomycetes: a synopsis". Mycological Progress. 5 (1): 41–66. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0502-0. S2CID 26613287.
2. Bauer R, Begerow D, Oberwinkler F, Marvanová L (2003). "Classicula: the teleomorph of Naiadella fluitans". Mycologia. 95 (4): 756–64. doi:10.2307/3761949. JSTOR 3761949. PMID 21148982.
3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
4. Qiao, Min; Li, Wenjun; Huang, Ying; Xu, Jianping; Zhang, Li; Yu, Zefen (2018). "Classicula sinensis, a new species of basidiomycetous aquatic hyphomycetes from southwest China". MycoKeys. 40 (40): 1–12. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.40.23828. PMC 6160859. PMID 30271261.