Names: Taphrinomycetes; Taphrinomycotina; Taphrinomycota; Taphrinomycetidae; Pneumocystidomycetes; Protomycetes; Archiascomycetes; Archaeascomycetes.
Clades:
Ascomycota;
Fungi;
Plants.
TaxonomyProtomycetes is a Class in
Ascomycota. It is monophyletic and basal to the rest of the
Ascomycota.
MycologyProtomycetes are dimorphic plant parasites, infecting leaves, catkins, and branches, but not roots.
They have a yeast state and a filamentous, hyphal state in infected plants.
They characteristically form asci but no ascomata; none has ascogenous hyphae giving rise to the asci.
ClassesArchaeorhizomycetalesArchaeorhizomycetaceae:
Archaeorhizomyces finlayi.
NeolectalesNeolectaceae: Neolecta.
PneumocystidalesPneumocystidaceae: Pneumocystis.
SchizosaccharomycetalesSchizosaccharomycetaceae: Schizosaccharomyces.
Taphrinales
Protomycetaceae: Buerenia, Protomyces, Protomycopsis, Taphridium, Volkartia.
Taphrinaceae: Taphrina.