Nephridiochytrium Radek & Strassert, 2023

Radek, Renate, Wurzbacher, Christian & Strassert, Juergen F. H., 2023, New nephridiophagid genera (Fungi, Chytridiomycota) in a mallow beetle and an earwig, MycoKeys 100, pp. 245-260 : 245

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.100.111298

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scientific name

Nephridiochytrium Radek & Strassert
status

gen. nov.

Nephridiochytrium Radek & Strassert gen. nov.

Etymology.

“Nephridio” refers to the site of infection, the nephridia, i.e. the insect kidneys (Malpighian tubules) and “chytrium” refers to the fungal assignment within the chytrids: Nephridiochytrium .

Diagnosis.

Typical life cycle stages and morphology of Nephridiophagaceae .