IRMNG - Oomycota

IRMNG taxon details

Oomycota

IRMNG_ID

182 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:182)

Classification

Authority

J.A. von Arx, 1967

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Heterokonta

Synonymised names

Oomycetes · unaccepted (treated as phylum in IRMNG)

Pseudofungi · unaccepted (no place in current IRMNG...)

no place in current IRMNG classification, refer note

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Order Anisolpidiales
Order Ducellieriales
Order Eurychasmatales
Order Haliphthorales
Order Haptoglossales
Order Miraculales
Order Olpidiopsidales
Class Peronosporomycetes
Order Pontismatales
Order Rozellopsidales
Class Saprolegniomycetes
Genus De_Tonisia R. González Fragoso, 1925 accepted as Detonisia R. González Fragoso, 1925 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
Genus De-tonisia R. González Fragoso, 1925 accepted as Detonisia R. González Fragoso, 1925 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
Order Eurychasmales accepted as Eurychasmatales (Nom. inval., Art. 38.1(a) (Shenzhen) (as Eurychasmatales))
Genus Lagenidicopsis N.J. Artemczuk, 1972 (unaccepted > unavailable name, provisional genus (Buaya & Thines, 2023))
Class Oomycetes accepted as Oomycota (treated as phylum in IRMNG)
Genus Detonisia R. González Fragoso, 1925 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark As "Pseudofungi (Oomycota)" in Ruggiero et al., 2015, but Oomycota in use in most subsequent major sources including...

Taxonomic remark As "Pseudofungi (Oomycota)" in Ruggiero et al., 2015, but Oomycota in use in most subsequent major sources including MycoBank, Hyde et al., 2024 and Index Fungorum. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Oomycota. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182 on 2026-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-05-31 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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2016-07-05 23:00:47Z

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2017-03-22 03:15:59Z

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2025-09-24 23:07:56Z

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additional source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
note: as "Pseudofungi (Oomycota)" [details]

name verified source Mycobank (2025 version). , available online at http://www.mycobank.org/ [details]

current name source Mycobank (2025 version). , available online at http://www.mycobank.org/ [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark As "Pseudofungi (Oomycota)" in Ruggiero et al., 2015, but Oomycota in use in most subsequent major sources including MycoBank, Hyde et al., 2024 and Index Fungorum. [details]

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