Podochytrium Pfitzer
(a genus of chytrids)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Podochytrium chitinophilum a chytrid (chitin saprobe)					Species			1 ident. refs
Podochytrium cornutum					Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Podochytrium (a genus of chytrids)
Family	CHYTRIOMYCETACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	CHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Podochytrium is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Sparrow, F.K.	1951	Podochytrium cornutum n.sp., the cause of an epidemic on the planktonic diatom Stephanodiscus.	TBMS Vol 34 (2): 170-173.

Podochytrium (a genus of chytrids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Podochytrium (a genus of chytrids)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Podochytrium (a genus of chytrids)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Podochytrium is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)