Mixiomycetes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Subdivision: | Pucciniomycotina |
Class: |
Mixiomycetes R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006) [3] |
Order: |
Mixiales R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006) [3] |
Family: |
Mixiaceae C.L.Kramer (1987) [2] |
Genus: |
Mixia C.L.Kramer (1958) [1] |
Species: | M. osmundae
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Binomial name | |
Mixia osmundae (Nishida) C.L.Kramer (1958)
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The Mixiomycetes are a class of fungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. The class contains a single order, the Mixiales, which in turn contains a single family, the Mixiaceae that circumscribes the monotypic genus Mixia. [4] Only one species has been described to date, Mixia osmundae; this species was originally named Taphrina osmundae by Japanese mycologist Toji Nishida in 1911. [5] It is characterized by having multinucleate hyphae, and by producing multiple spores on sporogenous cells. [3]
The genus name of Mixia is in honour of Arthur Jackson Mix (1888-1956), who was an American mycologist, who worked at the University of Kansas and used to study of the 'Taphrinales'. [6]
The genus was circumscribed by Charles Lawrence Kramer in Mycologia vol.50 (Issue 6) on page 924 in 1958.[ citation needed]