Completoria
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| Completoria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Entomophthoromycota |
| Class: | Entomophthoromycetes |
| Order: | Entomophthorales |
| Family: | Completoriaceae Humber (1989)[1] |
| Genus: | Completoria Lohde (1874) |
| Species: | C. complens |
| Binomial name | |
| Completoria complens Lohde (1874) | |
Completoria is a fungal genus in the monotypic family Completoriaceae, of the order Entomophthorales. Completoria is itself monotypic, containing a single species, Completoria complens. The species is rare, known only from greenhouse cultures where it grows as an obligate intracellular parasite of fern gametophytes.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Humber RA. "Synopsis of a revised classification for the Entomophthorales (Zygomycotina)". Mycotaxon. 34 (2): 441–60 (see p. 453).
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