Chytridium

Not to be confused with the protist genus Crithidia.

Chytridium is a genus of fungi in the family Chytridiaceae.

Chytridium
Chytridium olla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Chytridiomycota
Class:	Chytridiomycetes
Order:	Chytridiales
Family:	Chytridiaceae
Genus:	Chytridium A.Braun, 1851[1]
Species
Many, including: Chytridium acuminatum Chytridium confervae Chytridium elegans Chytridium olla

With the culture and characterization of Chytridium olla, the type species of the order, the limits of the Chytridiales were established.^[2]

Names brought to synonymy

• Chytridium (Olpidium) Braun 1856, a synonym for Olpidium