Kickxellales
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The Kickxellales are an order of fungi classified under Kickxellomycotina.[1] It contains the single family Kickxellaceae, which contains roughly 37 species as of 2014.[2]
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Coemansia sp. perhaps C. electa | |
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Order: | Kickxellales Kreisel ex R.K.Benj. (1979) |
Family: | Kickxellaceae Linder (1943) |
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Kickxella Coem. (1862) |
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It is not monophyletic.[3]
Fungi of this order are rarely encountered; they are usually saprotrophic, coprophilus, or rarely mycoparasitic.[2] Most species release their spores in a droplet of fluid upon reaching maturity.[4]