Kickxellomycotina

Kickxellomycotina is a fungus grouping^[1] in the subkingdom of Zoopagomyceta Benny, 2007.^[1]

Kickxellomycotina
Coemansia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Kickxellomycota
Subdivision:	Kickxellomycotina Benny 2007
Orders
Ramicandelaberales Dimargaritales Barbatosporales Spiromycetales Orphellales Asellariales Kickxellales Harpellales
Synonyms
Harpellomycotina Doweld 2014

The name was changed from "Harpellomycotina", because "Kickxellomycotina" had an older stem.^[2] It came from the genus Kickxella, named after Jean Kickx.^[3]

Orders include Asellariales, Kickxellales, Dimargaritales, and Harpellales.

Taxonomy

Taxonomy based on the work of Wijayawardene et al. 2019.^[4]

Subphylum Kickxellomycotina Benny 2007 [Harpellomycotina Doweld 2014]

• Class Dimargaritomycetes Tedersoo et al. 2018
  • Order Ramicandelaberales Doweld 2014
    • Family Ramicandelaberaceae Doweld 2014
  • Order Dimargaritales Benjamin 1979
    • Family Spinaliaceae Doweld 2014
    • Family Dimargaritaceae Benjamin 1959
• Class Kickxellomycetes Tedersoo et al. 2018
  • Order Barbatosporales Doweld 2014
    • Family Barbatosporaceae Doweld 2014
  • Order Spiromycetales Doweld 2014
    • Family Spiromycetaceae Doweld 2014
  • Order Orphellales Valle et al. 2018
    • Family Orphellaceae Doweld 2014
  • Order Kickxellales Kreisel 1969 ex. Benjamin 1979
    • Family Kickxellaceae Linder 1943
  • Clade Trichomycetalia Cavalier-Smith 1998
    • Order Asellariales Manier 1950 ex. Manier & Lichtwardt 1978 emend. Valle & Cafaro 2008
      • Family Baltomycetaceae Doweld 2013
      • Family Asellariaceae Manier 1950 ex. Manier & Lichtward 1968 [Orchesellariaceae Doweld 2014]
    • Order Harpellales Lichtwardt & Manier 1978 [Smittiales]
      • Family Harpellaceae Léger & Duboscq 1929 ex Kirk & Cannon 2007
      • Family Legeriomycetaceae Pouzar 1972 [Genestellaceae Léger & Gauthier 1932]