Completoria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Subdivision: | Entomophthoromycotina |
Class: | Entomophthorales |
Order: | Entomophthorales |
Family: |
Completoriaceae Humber (1989) |
Genus: |
Completoria Lohde (1874) |
Type species | |
Completoria complens Lohde (1874) |
Completoria is a fungal genus in the monotypic family Completoriaceae, of the order Entomophthorales. Completoria is itself monotypic, containing a single species, Completoria complens. The species is rare, known only from greenhouse cultures where it grows as an obligate intracellular parasite of fern gametophytes.