''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
Fungi of the order Chytridiales, like other members of its division, may either have a monocentric thallus or a polycentric rhizomycelium. When the ribosomal genes of members classified in this order were first examined using molecular techniqu ...
were established.
; 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)
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Chytridiomycota genera
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