The ''Sigmoideomycetaceae'' are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the
Zoopagales order. The family contain contains three
genera
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, and 4
species
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.
[ The family was circumscribed in 1992.][
* '' Reticulocephalis'' (2 spp.) putative haustorial parasite of fungi
* '' Sigmoideomyces'' (1 sp) putative haustorial parasite of fungi
* '' Sphondylocephalum'' (1 sp) haustorial parasite of fungi]
References
External links
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Zygomycota
Fungus families
Parasitic fungi
Parasites of fungi
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