The Mixiomycetes are a classoffungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. The class contains a single order, the Mixiales, which in turn contains a single family, the Mixiaceae that circumscribes the monotypic genus Mixia.[4] Only one species has been described to date, Mixia osmundae; this species was originally named Taphrina osmundae by Japanese mycologist Toji Nishida in 1911.[5] It is characterized by having multinucleate hyphae, and by producing multiple spores on sporogenous cells.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pucciniomycotina |
| Class: | Mixiomycetes R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006)[3] |
| Order: | Mixiales R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006)[3] |
| Family: | Mixiaceae C.L.Kramer (1987)[2] |
| Genus: | Mixia C.L.Kramer (1958)[1] |
| Species: |
M. osmundae
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| Mixia osmundae (Nishida) C.L.Kramer (1958)[1] | |
The genus name of Mixia is in honour of Arthur Jackson Mix (1888-1956), who was an American mycologist, who worked at the University of Kansas and used to study of the 'Taphrinales'.[6]
The genus was circumscribedbyCharles Lawrence Kramer in Mycologia vol.50 (Issue 6) on page 924 in 1958.[citation needed]
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