Classiculomycetes
class of fungi
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The Classiculomycetes are a class of fungi within the phylum Basidiomycota. They are characterized by parasitic lifestyles and specific septal pore structures with tremelloid haustorial cells. The sole order within this class is Classiculales, which includes many aquatic or aeroaquatic hyphomycetes. Some members of this order have simple septal pores and long, fusiform basidiospores.1
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