Physodermataceae

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{{Short description|Family of fungi}}

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| image = Physoderma pluriannulatum 285414352.jpg

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| image_caption = Physoderma pluriannulatum

| grandparent_authority = Tedersoo et al.

| parent_authority = Cavalier-Smith

| taxon = Physodermataceae

| authority = Sparrow

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Physodermatacae is a family of chytrid fungi in the order Physodermatales.{{Catalogue of Life

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|title=Physodermataceae

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}} Species in the family have a parasitic relationship with the host's physoderma. This family is distinctive in that it contains a thick wall around the sporangia to resist against unfavorable conditions.{{Cite journal|last1=Lange|first1=Lene|last2=Olson|first2=L. W.|date=1 June 1980|title=Transfer of the physodermataceae from the chytridiales to the blastocladiales|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000715368080043X|journal=Transactions of the British Mycological Society|language=en|volume=74|issue=3|pages=449–457|doi=10.1016/S0007-1536(80)80043-X|issn=0007-1536|url-access=subscription}} Sporangia releases from a host plant when rotting, dispersal is carried through the air.{{Cite web|url=https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/fungi/blastocladiomycota/physodermataceae/|title=Physodermataceae – Plant Parasites of Europe|website=bladmineerders.nl}} This family is not to be confused or related to basidiomycetes rusts and smut fungi. This parasite is distributed all across the world in aquatic, semi aquatic wetlands and in some ferns.{{Cite journal|last1=Porter|first1=Teresita M.|last2=Martin|first2=Wallace|last3=James|first3=Timothy Y.|last4=Longcore|first4=Joyce E.|last5=Gleason|first5=Frank H.|last6=Adler|first6=Peter H.|last7=Letcher|first7=Peter M.|last8=Vilgalys|first8=Rytas|date=1 April 2011|title=Molecular phylogeny of the Blastocladiomycota (Fungi) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614611000250|journal=Fungal Biology|language=en|volume=115|issue=4|pages=381–392|doi=10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.004|pmid=21530920|bibcode=2011FunB..115..381P |issn=1878-6146|url-access=subscription}}

Physodermatacae breaks into two distinguished clades: Physoderma and Urophlyctis, which are grouped together because of the similar algal parasite called Paraphysoderma.