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Synonym: Zoopagales Bessey, Morph. Tax, Fungi : 177 (1950), nomen nudum.<br />
Exemplar genera: Cochlonema Drechsler 1935, Rhopalomyces Corda 1839,<br />
Piptocephalis de Bary 1865, Sigmoideomyces Thaxt. 1891, Syncephalis Tiegh. & G. Le Monn.<br />
1873, Zoopage Drechsler 1935.<br />
Subphylum: Kickxellomycotina Benny, subphylum nov.<br />
MycoBank no.: MB 501284<br />
Fungi saprotrophici vel mycoparasitici vel obligate symbiotici. Thallus in nonnullis generibus e tenaculo<br />
fungos alios parasitans et haustoriis penetrans; mycelium septatum, ramosum vel simplex; septa in<br />
medio excavata et obturata. Reproductio asexualis merosporangiis uni- vel bisporis vel trichosporis vel<br />
arthrosporis effecta. Reproductio sexualis zygosporis globosis, biconicis vel allantoideis circinatis effecta.<br />
Typus: Kickxella Coem. 1862.<br />
Fungi saprobes, mycoparasites, or obligate symbionts. Thallus arising from a holdfast<br />
on other fungi as a haustorial parasite, or branched, septate, subaerial hyphae.<br />
Mycelium branched or unbranched, regularly septate. Septa with median, disci<strong>for</strong>m<br />
cavities containing plugs. Asexual production by 1- or 2-spored merosporangia,<br />
trichospores, or arthrospores. Sexual reproduction by zygospores that are globose,<br />
biconical, or allantoid and coiled.<br />
Order: Kickxellales Kreisel ex R. K. Benj., in Kendrick (ed.), Whole Fungus 2: 610 (1979).<br />
Synonym: Kickxellales Kreisel, Grundz. nat. Syst. Pilze: 65 (1969), nomen nudum.<br />
Exemplar genera: Kickxella Coem. 1862, Coemansia Tiegh. & G. Le Monn. 1873,<br />
Linderina Raper & Fennell 1952, Spirodactylon R.K. Benj. 1959.<br />
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