Protomycetidae
Names: Taphrinomycetes; Taphrinomycotina; Taphrinomycota; Taphrinomycetidae; Pneumocystidomycetes; Protomycetes; Archiascomycetes; Archaeascomycetes.
Clades: Ascomycota; Fungi; Plants.
Taxonomy
Protomycetes is a Class in Ascomycota. It is monophyletic and basal to the rest of the Ascomycota.
Mycology
Protomycetes 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.
Classes
Archaeorhizomycetales
Archaeorhizomycetaceae: Archaeorhizomyces finlayi.
Neolectales
Neolectaceae: Neolecta.
Pneumocystidales
Pneumocystidaceae: Pneumocystis.
Schizosaccharomycetales
Schizosaccharomycetaceae: Schizosaccharomyces.
Taphrinales
Protomycetaceae: Buerenia, Protomyces, Protomycopsis, Taphridium, Volkartia.
Taphrinaceae: Taphrina.