TY - JOUR
T1 - Classes and phyla of the kingdom Fungi
AU - Wijayawardene, Nalin N.
AU - Hyde, Kevin D.
AU - Mikhailov, Kirill V.
AU - Péter, Gábor
AU - Aptroot, André
AU - Pires-Zottarelli, Carmen L.A.
AU - Goto, Bruno T.
AU - Tokarev, Yuri S.
AU - Haelewaters, Danny
AU - Karunarathna, Samantha C.
AU - Kirk, Paul M.
AU - André, André L.C.M.
AU - Saxena, Ramesh K.
AU - Schoutteten, Nathan
AU - Wimalasena, Madhara K.
AU - Aleoshin, Vladimir V.
AU - Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S.
AU - Ariyawansa, Kahandawa G.S.U.
AU - Assunção, Amanda R.
AU - Bamunuarachchige, Thushara C.
AU - Baral, Hans Otto
AU - Bhat, D. Jayarama
AU - Błaszkowski, Janusz
AU - Boekhout, Teun
AU - Boonyuen, Nattawut
AU - Brysch-Herzberg, Michael
AU - Cao, Bin
AU - Cazabonne, Jonathan
AU - Chen, Xue Mei
AU - Coleine, Claudia
AU - Dai, Dong Qin
AU - Daniel, Heide Marie
AU - da Silva, Suzana B.G.
AU - de Souza, Francisco Adriano
AU - Dolatabadi, Somayeh
AU - Dubey, Manish K.
AU - Dutta, Arun K.
AU - Ediriweera, Aseni
AU - Egidi, Eleonora
AU - Elshahed, Mostafa S.
AU - Fan, Xinlei
AU - Felix, Juliana R.B.
AU - Galappaththi, Mahesh C.A.
AU - Groenewald, Marizeth
AU - Han, Li Su
AU - Huang, Bo
AU - Hurdeal, Vedprakash G.
AU - Ignatieva, Anastasia N.
AU - Jerônimo, Gustavo H.
AU - de Jesus, Ana L.
AU - al., et
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - Fungi are one of the most diverse groups of organisms with an estimated number of species in the range of 2-3 million. The higher-level ranking of fungi has been discussed in the framework of molecular phylogenetics since Hibbett et al., and the definition and the higher ranks (e.g., phyla) of the 'true fungi' have been revised in several subsequent publications. Rapid accumulation of novel genomic data and the advancements in phylogenetics now facilitate a robust and precise foundation for the higher-level classification within the kingdom. This study provides an updated classification of the kingdom Fungi, drawing upon a comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of Holomycota, with which we outline well-supported nodes of the fungal tree and explore more contentious groupings. We accept 19 phyla of Fungi, viz. Aphelidiomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Entorrhizomycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota, Sanchytriomycota, and Zoopagomycota. In the phylogenies, Caulochytriomycota resides in Chytridiomycota; thus, the former is regarded as a synonym of the latter, while Caulochytriomycetes is viewed as a class in Chytridiomycota. We provide a description of each phylum followed by its classes. A new subphylum, Sanchytriomycotina Karpov is introduced as the only subphylum in Sanchytriomycota. The subclass Pneumocystomycetidae Kirk et al. in Pneumocystomycetes, Ascomycota is invalid and thus validated. Placements of fossil fungi in phyla and classes are also discussed, providing examples.
AB - Fungi are one of the most diverse groups of organisms with an estimated number of species in the range of 2-3 million. The higher-level ranking of fungi has been discussed in the framework of molecular phylogenetics since Hibbett et al., and the definition and the higher ranks (e.g., phyla) of the 'true fungi' have been revised in several subsequent publications. Rapid accumulation of novel genomic data and the advancements in phylogenetics now facilitate a robust and precise foundation for the higher-level classification within the kingdom. This study provides an updated classification of the kingdom Fungi, drawing upon a comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of Holomycota, with which we outline well-supported nodes of the fungal tree and explore more contentious groupings. We accept 19 phyla of Fungi, viz. Aphelidiomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Entorrhizomycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota, Sanchytriomycota, and Zoopagomycota. In the phylogenies, Caulochytriomycota resides in Chytridiomycota; thus, the former is regarded as a synonym of the latter, while Caulochytriomycetes is viewed as a class in Chytridiomycota. We provide a description of each phylum followed by its classes. A new subphylum, Sanchytriomycotina Karpov is introduced as the only subphylum in Sanchytriomycota. The subclass Pneumocystomycetidae Kirk et al. in Pneumocystomycetes, Ascomycota is invalid and thus validated. Placements of fossil fungi in phyla and classes are also discussed, providing examples.
KW - Caulochytriomycota
KW - Phylogenomic analyses
KW - Pneumocystomycetidae
KW - Sanchytriomycotina
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85207293710
U2 - 10.1007/s13225-024-00540-z
DO - 10.1007/s13225-024-00540-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85207293710
SN - 1560-2745
VL - 128
SP - 1
EP - 165
JO - Fungal Diversity
JF - Fungal Diversity
IS - 1
ER -