What are Microfungi?

Classification of Fungi and fungal-like organisms according to Kirk et al. (2008). Groups of microfungi that will be included in this project and the estimated number of taxa in each major taxonomic rank are shown in bold. Lichens and macrofungi being digitized through previously funded projects are shown in regular text.  Microfungi account for ~4500 genera and ~56,000 species.

Kingdom Amoebozoa

     Phylum Mycetozoa

           Class Myxogastria (5 orders, 14 families, 62 genera and 888 species)

           Class Dictyostelia (1 order, 2 families, 4 genera, 93 species)

Kingdom Stramenipila

     Phylum Oomycota (1 class, 13 orders, 25 families, 106 genera, 956 species)

Kingdom Eumycota (Fungi)

     Phylum Ascomycota

        Subphylum Pezizomycotina

           Class Arthoniomycetes (1 order, 4 families, 78 genera, 1608 species)

           Class Dothideomycetes (11 orders, 90 familes, 1302 genera, 19,010 species)

           Class Eurotiomycetes (10 orders, 27 families, 281 genera, 3401 species)

           Class Geoglossomycetes (all macrofungi)

           Class Laboulbeniomycetes (2 orders, 5 families, 151 genera, 2072 species)

           Class Lecanoromycetes (all lichens)

           Class Leotiomycetes (5 orders, 19 families, 641 genera, 5587 species; ~100 species of macrofungi in

            Leotiales)

           Class Lichinomycetes (all lichens)

           Class Orbiliomycetes (1 order, 1 family, 12 genera, 288 species)

           Class Pezizomycetes (all macrofungi)

           Class Sordariomycetes (15 orders, 64 families, 1119 genera, 10,564 species; ~1000 species of macrofungi

            in Clavicipitales, Hypocreales, and Xylariales)

       Subphylum Saccharomycotina (1 class, 1 order, 13 families, 88 genera, 906 species)

       Subphylum Taphrinomycotina (4 classes, 4 orders, 5 families, 10 genera, 140 species)

   Phylum Basidiomycota

       Subphylum Agaricomycotina (all macrofungi)

       Subphylum Pucciniomycotina (8 classes, 18 orders, 36 families, 247 genera, 8324 species)

       Subphylum Ustilaginomycotina (1 class, 3 orders, 12 families, 62 genera, 1113 species)

   Phylum Blastocladiomycota (1 class, 1 order, 5 families, 14 genera, 179 species)

   Phylum Chytridiomycota (2 classes, 4 orders, 14 families, 105 genera, 706 species)

   Phylum Glomeromycota (1 class, 4 orders, 9 families, 12 genera, 169 species)

   Phylum Neocallimastigomycota (1 class, 1 order, 1 family, 6 genera, 20 species)

   Phylum Zygomycota (4 subphyla, 10 orders, 27 families, 168 genera, 1065 species)