Clades:
Chitridiomycota,
Basidiomycota,
Fungi,
Plants.
Mycology: anaerobic fungi; symbionts in the digestive tracts of larger herbivores.
TaxonomyAnaerobic fungi were originally placed within phylum
Chytridiomycota. Later they were raised to phylum level, on the grounds of later phylogenetic reconstructions.
In the
Plant theory Neocallimastigomycetes is a subclass in the Class
Chitridiomycota.
Order: NeocallimastigalesFamily: Neocallimastigaceae
Genera: Anaeromyces, Buwchfawromyces, Caecomyces, Cyllamyces, Neocallimastix, Oontomyces, Orpinomyces, Pecoramyces, Piromyces.