Canteria

Canteria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Cladochytriomycetes
Order: Cladochytriales
Family: Endochytriaceae
Genus: Canteria
Karling (1971)
Species:
C. apophysata
Binomial name
Canteria apophysata
(Canter) Karling (1971)
Synonyms
  • Phlyctidium apophysatum Canter (1947)

Canteria is a fungal genus in the family Endochytriaceae. A monotypic genus, it contain the single species Canteria apophysata, a parasite of the alga Mougeotia. The genus was circumscribed by John S. Karling in 1971.