Chytridium Explained

Chytridium is a genus of fungi in the family Chytridiaceae.

With the culture and characterization of Chytridium olla, the type species of the order, the limits of the Chytridiales were established.^[1]

Names brought to synonymy:

• Chytridium (Olpidium) Braun 1856, a synonym for Olpidium

References

• Karling JS. (1971). On Chytridium Braun, Diplochytridium n. g. and Canteria n. g. (Chytridiales). Archiv für Mikrobiologie. volume 76, pages 126–131,
• Alexander Braun, 1856: Über Chytridium, eine Gattung einzelliger Schmarotzergewächse auf Algen und Infusorien (On Chytridium, a genus of unicellular parasites on algae and infusoria)

Notes and References

1. Vélez, C.G. . 2011 . Molecular phylogenetic and zoospore ultrastructural analyses of Chytridium olla establish the limits of a monophyletic Chytridiales . Mycologia . 103 . 118–130 . 20943553. Letcher . P.M. . Schultz . S. . Powell . M.J. . Churchill . P.F. . 10.3852/10-001 . 1. 36727986 .