SFNQuestions Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 From what I can tell, there's only one subkingdom in the fungi kingdom, the "Dikarya." For whatever obscure reason, numerous sources hint at another subkingdom that possess flagella, but never remotely explain anything about it, and there's no point in having a "subkingdom" if it's only one category. All that's said is that Dikarya is divided into Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. All I'm looking for is the most general taxon rank for a fungi just below the actual kingdom of fungi that includes the Dikarya and whatever this mystery category is. What about molds? They're a fungus aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Function Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Formalities and convention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFNQuestions Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Formalities and convention? That doesn't answer anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 That doesn't answer anything? Yes it does. It's just that you were hoping for a rational explanation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Chytrid's have spores with flagella. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chytridiomycota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Looking at the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus) I assume the reason is that there is nothing common to any of the other phyla that would justify grouping any of them together. But the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota both have dikaryons, so they are grouped as a sub-kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFNQuestions Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Yes it does. It's just that you were hoping for a rational explanation. It by it does you mean it doesn't, then I'd agree. There are other other fungal species that do not fit into the Dikarya sub-kingdom, it's simply the case that their classification isn't visible within what I've researched with respect to the rest of the fungus kingdom, it only requires someone who's actually knowledgeable enough in biology, Edited February 20, 2017 by SFNQuestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 They were going to make a subkingdom, but there wasn't mushroom for one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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