Blastocladiaceae

The Blastocladiaceae are a family of fungi in the division Blastocladiomycota. It contains the following genera:

Blastocladiaceae
Dichotomously branched thallus of Allomyces sp. At the ends of the branches are two to three orange-brown sporangia stacked on top of each other. Each sporangium has two discharge papillae. The sporangia at the top of the stacks have apical discharge papillae. The sporangia on the bottom of the stacks have lateral discharge papillae.
Zoosporangia of an Allomyces sp. sporophyte growing on agar.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Blastocladiomycota
Class: Blastocladiomycetes
Order: Blastocladiales
Family: Blastocladiaceae
Petersen (1909)
Type genus
Blastocladia
Reinsch (1877)
Genera

Allomyces
Blastocladiella
Blastocladia
Blastocladiopsis
Microallomyces

The family was circumscribed by Henning Eiler Petersen in 1909.[1]

References
  1. Petersen HE. (1909). "Studier over Ferskvands-Phycomyceter". Botanisk Tidsskrift. 29 (4): 345–440.


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