NN, Wijayawardene; KD, Hyde; KV, Mikhailov; BT, Goto; ALCMA, Santiago; YS, Tokarev; MS, Elshahed; H, Madrid; CLA, Pires-Zottarelli; J, Pawłowska; KC, Rajeshkumar; L, Selbmann; MK, Wimalasena; VV, Aleoshin; S, Avasthi; TC, Bamunuarachchige; J, Błaszkowski; N, Boonyuen; J, Borowiecka; C, Coleine; DQ, Dai; AD, Fernández-Valero; EV, Frolova; JLR, Lima; NVL, Oliveira; MB, Queiroz; da Silva KJG,; de Souza FA,; da Silva SBG,; de Freitas LWS,; S, Dolatabadi; MK, Dubey; E, Egidi; M, Erdoğdu; JRB, Felix; AK, Gautam; LS, Han; B, Huang; VG, Hurdeal; GH, Jerônimo; AL, Jesus; Y, Jiang; PM, Kirk; J, Kumla; AA, Lateef; Q, Li; XY, Liu; XZ, Liu; F, Magurno; CM, Nanayakkara; ES, Nassonova; JM, Malysh; J, Mathushika; M, Nowak; Y, Nie; IR, Pozdnyakov; R, Radek; A, Reñé; RK, Saxena; AO, Seliuk; F, Selçuk; K, Seto; I, Sánchez-Castro; AV, Simakova; DR, Simmons; OP, Sruthi; JFH, Strassert; N, Suwannarach; PS, Tak; DKH, Thalagala; RK, Verma; AE, Vishnyakov; T, Viver; Y, Wang; TC, Wen; KD, Wickramanayake; D, Wiktorowicz; M, Wilk; NH, Youssef; GQ, Zhang; JY, Zhang; H, Zhao; X, Zhang; QF, Zhou; ND, Kularathnage; DJ, Bhat; EHC, McKenzie; AMS, Al‑Hatmi; FQ, Yu; W, Watsuntorn; SA, Karpov
Families of non-Dikarya fungi Journal Article
In: Mycosphere , vol. 16, iss. 1, pp. 4063–4445, 2025.
@article{Wijayawardene2025,
title = {Families of non-Dikarya fungi},
author = {Wijayawardene NN and Hyde KD and Mikhailov KV and Goto BT and Santiago ALCMA and Tokarev YS and Elshahed MS and Madrid H and Pires-Zottarelli CLA and Pawłowska J and Rajeshkumar KC and Selbmann L and Wimalasena MK and Aleoshin VV and Avasthi S and Bamunuarachchige TC and Błaszkowski J and Boonyuen N and Borowiecka J and Coleine C and Dai DQ and Fernández-Valero AD and Frolova EV and Lima JLR and Oliveira NVL and Queiroz MB and da Silva KJG and de Souza FA and da Silva SBG and de Freitas LWS and Dolatabadi S and Dubey MK and Egidi E and Erdoğdu M and Felix JRB and Gautam AK and Han LS and Huang B and Hurdeal VG and Jerônimo GH and Jesus AL and Jiang Y and Kirk PM and Kumla J and Lateef AA and Li Q and Liu XY and Liu XZ and Magurno F and Nanayakkara CM and Nassonova ES and Malysh JM and Mathushika J and Nowak M and Nie Y and Pozdnyakov IR and Radek R and Reñé A and Saxena RK and Seliuk AO and Selçuk F and Seto K and Sánchez-Castro I and Simakova AV and Simmons DR and Sruthi OP and Strassert JFH and Suwannarach N and Tak PS and Thalagala DKH and Verma RK and Vishnyakov AE and Viver T and Wang Y and Wen TC and Wickramanayake KD and Wiktorowicz D and Wilk M and Youssef NH and Zhang GQ and Zhang JY and Zhao H and Zhang X and Zhou QF and Kularathnage ND and Bhat DJ and McKenzie EHC and Al‑Hatmi AMS and Yu FQ and Watsuntorn W and Karpov SA
},
url = {https://www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHERE_16_1_32.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/16/1/32},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-12-26},
urldate = {2025-12-26},
journal = {Mycosphere },
volume = {16},
issue = {1},
pages = {4063–4445},
abstract = {The magnitude and understanding of the Kingdom Fungi are expanding with the application of DNA-based molecular approaches. Non-Dikarya fungi (sometimes referred to as ‘basal fungi’, ‘early divergent fungi’ or ‘lower fungi’), a large group of fungi that are included in 16 different phyla, comprise approximately 5000 species to date. This paper compiles all existing information on the families of the non-Dikarya fungal phyla. Two phylogenomic analyses are provided separately to show the relationships of the phyla of non-Dikarya and families of Mucoromycota, respectively. A phylogenetic tree based on partial 45S or partial 28S sequences is provided to show the placements of families in Glomeromycota. We provide the descriptions of each family and its type genus, including an illustration of the type species or a well-established other genus in the
family. All the genera included in the family are listed with their type species. Bulbosporaceae fam. nov. is introduced to accommodate Bulbospora in Gigasporales (Glomeromycetes, Glomeromycota). Densosporales Tedersoo, Densosporaceae Desirò et al., and Jimgerdemanniaceae Tedersoo are validated. Taxa in Rozellomycota (including Microsporidia) and Aphelidiomycota are currently accepted as groups of fungi. Still, most species names require further revision following the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Caudosporina Y.S. Tokarev & I.V. Issi nom. nov. and Mesnilivella Frolova & Nassonova nom.
nov. are provided to accommodate Caudospora J. Weiser (nom. illegit.) and Mesnilia Frolova et al. 2023 (nom. illegit.), respectively. Taxa introduced based on eDNA (by Tedersoo et al. 2024) are listed separately, as currently these taxa are treated as invalid. Fossil non-Dikarya taxa are also provided separately. },
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The magnitude and understanding of the Kingdom Fungi are expanding with the application of DNA-based molecular approaches. Non-Dikarya fungi (sometimes referred to as ‘basal fungi’, ‘early divergent fungi’ or ‘lower fungi’), a large group of fungi that are included in 16 different phyla, comprise approximately 5000 species to date. This paper compiles all existing information on the families of the non-Dikarya fungal phyla. Two phylogenomic analyses are provided separately to show the relationships of the phyla of non-Dikarya and families of Mucoromycota, respectively. A phylogenetic tree based on partial 45S or partial 28S sequences is provided to show the placements of families in Glomeromycota. We provide the descriptions of each family and its type genus, including an illustration of the type species or a well-established other genus in the
family. All the genera included in the family are listed with their type species. Bulbosporaceae fam. nov. is introduced to accommodate Bulbospora in Gigasporales (Glomeromycetes, Glomeromycota). Densosporales Tedersoo, Densosporaceae Desirò et al., and Jimgerdemanniaceae Tedersoo are validated. Taxa in Rozellomycota (including Microsporidia) and Aphelidiomycota are currently accepted as groups of fungi. Still, most species names require further revision following the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Caudosporina Y.S. Tokarev & I.V. Issi nom. nov. and Mesnilivella Frolova & Nassonova nom.
nov. are provided to accommodate Caudospora J. Weiser (nom. illegit.) and Mesnilia Frolova et al. 2023 (nom. illegit.), respectively. Taxa introduced based on eDNA (by Tedersoo et al. 2024) are listed separately, as currently these taxa are treated as invalid. Fossil non-Dikarya taxa are also provided separately.
