Allomyces
| Allomyces | |
|---|---|
| Zoosporangia of an Allomyces sp. sporophyte growing on agar. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Blastocladiomycota |
| Class: | Blastocladiomycetes |
| Order: | Blastocladiales |
| Family: | Blastocladiaceae |
| Genus: | Allomyces E.J.Butler (1911) |
| Type species | |
| Allomyces arbusculus E.J.Butler (1911) | |
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Allomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Blastocladiaceae. It was circumscribed by British mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911. Species in the genus have a polycentric thallus and reproduce sexually or asexually by zoospores that have a whiplash-like flagella. They are mostly isolated from soils in tropical countries, commonly in ponds, rice fields, and slow-moving rivers.
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