Blastocladia

Blastocladia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Blastocladiomycota
Class:	Blastocladiomycetes
Order:	Blastocladiales
Family:	Blastocladiaceae
Genus:	Blastocladia; Reinsch (1877)
Type species
	Blastocladia pringsheimii; Reinsch (1877)
Species
	30 species

Blastocladia is a genus of aquatic fungi.

Description[]

Blastocladia species have a thallus that consists of a single, branched basal cell or trunk with rhizoids at one end and sporangia at the other. They are not able to use oxygen, although its presence does not inhibit growth.^[1]

Habitat[]

Members of Blastocladia grow on submerged twigs and fruit.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

Blastocladia was circumscribed by German scientist Paul Friedrich Reinsch in 1877, who included a single species, .^[2] Roland Thaxter added a second species, in 1896. He placed the genus provisionally in the Pythiaceae owing to its resemblance of its resting spores to the conidia of some members of the genus Pythium.^[3] Joseph Schröter (1897) included it with the water mold family .^[4]

Species[]

As of December 2015, Index Fungorum accepts 30 species in Blastocladia:^[5]

Blastocladia angusta A.Lund 1934
Blastocladia arborata S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
Blastocladia aspergilloides Crooks 1937
Blastocladia bonaerensis Steciow & Marano 2006 – Argentina^[7]
Blastocladia caduca S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
Blastocladia coronata S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
Kanouse 1927^[8]
Sparrow 1936
Kanouse 1927^[8]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
Indoh 1940^[9]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
Reinsch 1877^[2]
Minden 1912^[10]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
Thaxt. 1896^[3]
Minden 1912^[10]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
Indoh 1940^[9]
S.N.Dasgupta & R.John 1989^[6]
Barrett 1912^[11]
Kanouse 1927^[8]
Sparrow 1932^[12]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Blackwell M, Alexopoulos CJ, Mims CW (1996). Introductory Mycology. New York: Wiley. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-471-52229-4.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Reinsch PF. (1878). "Beobachtungen über einige neue Saprolegnieae, etc". Jahrbücher für Wissenschaftliche Botanik (in German). 11: 283–311.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Thaxter R. (1896). "New or peculiar aquatic Fungi. III. Blastocladia". Botanical Gazette. 21 (2): 45–52. doi:10.1086/327299.
^ Schröter (1897). Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (in German). 1. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. p. 108.
^ Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 23rd December 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-12-26.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Das-Gupta SN, John R (1988). "A contribution to our knowledge of the genus Blastocladia". Indian Phytopathology. 41 (4): 521–547.
^ Steciow MM, Marano AV (2006). "Blastocladia bonaerensis (Blastocladiales, Chytridiomycetes), a new species from an Argentine channel". Mycotaxon. 97: 359–365.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Kanouse BB. (1927). "A monographic study of special groups of the water molds. I. Blastocladiaceae". American Journal of Botany. 14 (6): 287–306. doi:10.2307/2435852. JSTOR 2435852.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Indoh H. (1940). "Studies on Japanese aquatic fungi. II. The Blastocladiaceae". Science Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku. 4: 237–384 (see p. 352).
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Minden MV. (1912). "Phycomyceten". Kryptogamen-Flora der Mark Brandenburg (in German). 5: 209–608 (see p. 606).
^ Barrett JT. (1912). "The development of Blastocladia strangulata, n. sp". Botanical Gazette. 54 (5): 353–371. doi:10.1086/330929.
^ Sparrow FK Jr. (1932). "Observations on the aquatic fungi of Cold Spring Harbor". Mycologia. 24 (3): 283–302. doi:10.2307/3753872. JSTOR 3753872.

External links[]

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[Blackwell_1996-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Blackwell M, Alexopoulos CJ, Mims CW (1996). Introductory Mycology. New York: Wiley. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-471-52229-4.

[Reinsch_1878-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Reinsch PF. (1878). "Beobachtungen über einige neue Saprolegnieae, etc". Jahrbücher für Wissenschaftliche Botanik (in German). 11: 283–311.

[Thaxter_1896-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Thaxter R. (1896). "New or peculiar aquatic Fungi. III. Blastocladia". Botanical Gazette. 21 (2): 45–52. doi:10.1086/327299.

[Schröter_1897-4] Schröter (1897). Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (in German). 1. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. p. 108.

[CoL-Fungorum-5] Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 23rd December 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-12-26.

[Das-Gupta_1988-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Das-Gupta SN, John R (1988). "A contribution to our knowledge of the genus Blastocladia". Indian Phytopathology. 41 (4): 521–547.

[Steciow_2006-7] Steciow MM, Marano AV (2006). "Blastocladia bonaerensis (Blastocladiales, Chytridiomycetes), a new species from an Argentine channel". Mycotaxon. 97: 359–365.

[Kanouse_1927-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Kanouse BB. (1927). "A monographic study of special groups of the water molds. I. Blastocladiaceae". American Journal of Botany. 14 (6): 287–306. doi:10.2307/2435852. JSTOR 2435852.

[Indoh_1940-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Indoh H. (1940). "Studies on Japanese aquatic fungi. II. The Blastocladiaceae". Science Reports of the Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku. 4: 237–384 (see p. 352).

[Minden_1912-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Minden MV. (1912). "Phycomyceten". Kryptogamen-Flora der Mark Brandenburg (in German). 5: 209–608 (see p. 606).

[Barrett_1912-11] Barrett JT. (1912). "The development of Blastocladia strangulata, n. sp". Botanical Gazette. 54 (5): 353–371. doi:10.1086/330929.

[Sparrow_1932-12] Sparrow FK Jr. (1932). "Observations on the aquatic fungi of Cold Spring Harbor". Mycologia. 24 (3): 283–302. doi:10.2307/3753872. JSTOR 3753872.

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