''Rhizoclosmatium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
classified in the family
Chytriomycetaceae
The ''Chytriomycetaceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Chytridiales.
Genera
*''Chytriomyces''
*'' Rhizoclosmatium''
*'' Rhizidium''
*'' Podochytrium''
*'' Obelidium''
*''Siphonaria
''Siphonaria'' is a genus of air-breathing sea snails ...
.
It was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by Danish mycologist
Henning Eiler Petersen in 1903.
The genus contains four species.
References
External links
*
Chytridiomycota genera
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