Chytridiomycetes

Translingual

Etymology

Chytridium +‎ -mycetes. The first part of the compound is borrowed from Ancient Greek χύτρα (khútra, “earthen pot”).

Proper noun

Chytridiomycetes

A taxonomic class within the phylum Chytridiomycota – primitive fungi (the chytridiomycetes).

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Eomycota - subkingdom; Chytridiomycota - phylum

Hyponyms

(class): Blastocladiales, Chytridiales, Monoblepharidales, Neocallimastigales, Spizellomycetales - orders

References

Chytridiomycetes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chytridiomycetes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Chytridiomycetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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