Sigmoideomycetaceae

The Sigmoideomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the Zoopagales order. The family contain contains three genera, and six species.[1] The family was circumscribed in 1992.[2]

  • Reticulocephalis (2 spp.) putative haustorial parasite of fungi
  • Sigmoideomyces (2 spp.) putative haustorial parasite of fungi
  • Thamnocephalis (3 spp.) haustorial parasite of fungi

Sigmoideomycetaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Subdivision: Zoopagomycotina
Class: Zoopagomycetes
Order: Zoopagales
Family: Sigmoideomycetaceae
Benny, R.K.Benj. & P.M.Kirk (1992)
Type genus
Sigmoideomyces
Thaxt. (1891)
Genera

Reticulocephalis
Sigmoideomyces
Thamnocephalis

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 635. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Benny GL, Benjamin RK, Kirk PM (1992). "A reevaluation of Cunninghamellaceae (Mucorales). Sigmoideomycetaceae fam. nov. and Reticulocephalis gen. nov.; cladistic analysis and description of two new species". Mycologia. 84 (5): 615–61. doi:10.2307/3760372.


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