Ichthyochytrium
| Ichthyochytrium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Chytridiomycota |
| Class: | Chytridiomycetes |
| Order: | Chytridiales |
| Family: | Incertae sedis |
| Genus: |
Ichthyochytrium Plehn (1920) |
| Type species | |
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Ichthyochytrium vulgare Plehn (1920) |
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Ichthyochytrium is a fungal genus in the Chytridiales of uncertain familial placement. A monotypic genus, it contains the single rare species Ichthyochytrium vulgare, described from Germany by Marianne Plehn in 1920. A parasite of freshwater fishes, it forms spherical bodies measuring 5–20 µm that have refractive granules. It typically attacks the lung and gills.
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