Chytridiomycetes

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Chytridiomycetes

1. 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