Fungalpedia – Note 3303, Pneumocystomycetidae
Pneumocystomycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, Stalpers & J.C. David.
Citation when using this data: Wijayawardene NN et al. 2024 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.
Classification: Taphrinomycotina, Ascomycota, Dikarya, Fungi.
= Pneumocystomycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, Stalpers & J.C. David, Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi, Edn 9 (Wallingford): 417 (2001); Nom. inval., Art. 38.1(a) (Shenzhen)
Description: The description is similar to the class description.
Notes: Pneumocystomycetidae P.M. Kirk et al. 2001 was invalidly published (Art. 38.1(a) (Shenzhen)). Here we validate Pneumocystomycetidae.
Type order: Pneumocystales O.E. Erikss. [as ‘Pneumocystidales’], Syst. Ascom. 13(2): 170 (1994).
Type family: Pneumocystaceae O.E. Erikss. [as ‘Pneumocystidaceae’], Syst. Ascom. 13(2): 170 (1994).
Type genus: Pneumocystis P. Delanoë & Delanoë, C. r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci., Paris 155: 660 (1912).
Type species: Pneumocystis carinii P. Delanoë & Delanoë, C. r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci., Paris 155: 660 (1912).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pneumocystomycetidae.
Entry by
Nalin N. Wijayawardene, Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P.R. China, Tropical Microbiology Research Foundation, 96/N/10, Meemanagoda Road, 10230 Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka, Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Technology, Rajarata University, Sri Lanka
Published online 29 September 2026