Endogonales is an orderoffungi within the phylumofZygomycota,[2] and in class Endogonomycetes.[3][4]
| Endogonales | |
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| Endogone pisiformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Subdivision: | Mucoromycotina |
| Class: | Endogonomycetes Doweld |
| Order: | Endogonales Jacz. & P.A.Jacz.[1] |
| Families | |
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It contains 2 families; Endogonaceae, with 6 genera and 38 species and Densosporaceae, with one genera and 4 species.[3]
The Endogales were originally formed to hold a single family, the Endogonaceae, which comprised 15 species in four genera (Endogone, Peridiospora, Sclerogone, and Youngiomyces). They were transferred to the phylum GlomeromycotatoZygomycetes.[5] Then they were placed in Zygomycotina.[6] They were placed in the subphylum Mucoromycotina in 2017 and genus Youngiomyces was synonymized with genus Endogone.[7] They were then placed in the monotypic class Endogonomycetes.[4]
Endogonaceae Paol.;[8]
Densosporaceae Desirò, M.E. Sm., Bidartondo, Trappe & Bonito;[9]
Note; genus Jimwhitea M. Krings & T.N. Taylor was placed in the Endogonaceae family, but holds only fossils reported from the Middle Triassic formations. So is placed in Ascomycota genera Incertae sedis.[3]
The life cycle of the Endogonales is distinguished by their production of small sporocarps containing many zygospores, which are eaten by rodents and distributed by their faeces.
They also produce a fetid odour that attracts mammals and encourages them to eat their fruiting bodies, and so spread their spores.[10]
Like all fungi, they are heterotrophs with some being described as saprobes (with weak evidence).[10]
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