The Basidiobolaceae are a
family
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of fungi in the
monotypic
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order
Basidiobolales.
All fungal cells of this family are exclusively uninucleate and their relatively large nuclei contain a nucleolus, but no heterochromatin.
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They were formerly in the order Entomophthorales
The Entomophthorales are an order of fungi that were previously classified in the class Zygomycetes. A new subdivision, Entomophthoromycotina, in 2007, was circumscribed for them.
Most species of the entomophthorales are pathogens of insects ...
. The transfer occurred in 2018.
Classification
* '' Drechslerosporium'' Huang, Humber & Hodge 2013
* '' Schizangiella'' Dwyer et al. 2006
* '' Basidiobolus'' Eidam 1886 Thaxter 1914">'Amphoromorpha'' Thaxter 1914
References
Entomophthorales
Fungus families
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