Endogonales is an order of fungi within the phylum of Zygomycota.[1] It contains 2 families, Endogonaceae, with four genera and 27 species and Densosporaceae, with one genera and 5 species.
Endogonaceae;[2]
Densosporaceae;[3]
The life cycle of the Endogonales is distinguished by their production of small sporocarps containing many zygospores, which are eaten by rodents and distributed by their faeces.
They also produce a fetid odour that attracts mammals and encourages them to eat their fruiting bodies, and so spread their spores.[4]
Like all fungi, they are heterotrophs with some being described as saprobes (with weak evidence).[4]
Endogonales is an order of fungi within the phylum of Zygomycota. It contains 2 families, Endogonaceae, with four genera and 27 species and Densosporaceae, with one genera and 5 species.
