{{Short description|Group of fungi}} '''Trichomycetes''' refers to a group of fungi in the division Zygomycota that grow in the guts of arthropods living in aquatic habitats.<ref>Lichtwardt, R.W. (2012). ''The Trichomycetes: Fungal Associates of Arthropods.'' Springer Verlag.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://keys.lucidcentral.org/key-server/data/0b08020c-0f0c-4908-8807-030c020a0002/media/Html/index.html;jsessionid=D0574F2951E476333CBBD8A646AE51B0|title = Trichomycetes key|date = 5 January 2016|accessdate = 5 January 2016|website = keys|publisher = Dr. Lichtwardt|last = Lichtwardt|first = Bob}}</ref> The name is obsolete, having not been validly published.<ref name="Fungorum">{{cite web |title=Record Details: Trichomycetes Alexop. |url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=90379 |publisher=Index Fungorum. CAB International |accessdate=2016-02-07}}</ref> Species formerly placed in the Trichomycetes are now placed in the orders Harpellales and Asellariales, both in the subdivision Kickxellomycotina,<ref name="Jones 2014">{{cite book |vauthors=Gareth Jones EB, Hyde KD, Pang KL |title=Freshwater Fungi and Fungal-like Organisms |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SvrmBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT429 |year=2014 |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-039014-8 |page=429}}</ref> while Amoebidiales and Eccrinales are included in Opisthokonta.
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Category:Zygomycota Category:Obsolete fungus taxa {{zygomycota-stub}}