The Fungal and Protist Viruses Subcommittee (SC) of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has received a total of eight taxonomic proposals for the 2024 annual cycle. The extent of proposed changes varied, including nomenclatural updates, creation of new taxa and reorganization of established taxa. Following the ICTV procedures, all proposals were reviewed and voted upon by the members of the Executive Committee with ratification in March 2025. As a result, a total of 52 species in the families Botourmiaviridae and Marnaviridae were renamed to comply with the mandated binomial format. A new genus has been added to the dsRNA virus family Amalgaviridae, while two new families, Splipalmiviridae (Wolframvirales) and Mycoalphaviridae (Hepelivirales), were created to classify new groups of positive-sense (+) RNA mycoviruses. The class Arfiviricetes (Cressdnaviricota) was expanded by a new order Lineavirales and a new family Oomyviridae of ssDNA viruses. Additionally, a new class Orpoviricetes was created in the kingdom Orthornavirae to classify a group of bisegmented (+)RNA viruses reported from fungi and oomycetes. Finally, the order Pimascovirales was reorganized to better depict evolutionary relationships of pithoviruses and related viruses with large dsDNA genomes. The summary of updates in the taxonomy of fungal and protist viruses presented here is limited to taxa within the remit of this Subcommittee. For information on taxonomy changes on other fungal viruses closely related to animal and/or plant viruses, please see reports from sister ICTV Subcommittees (i.e. Plant Virus SC and Animal dsRNA and ssRNA(-) Viruses SC).
Keywords: Acremonium magoulivirus; Alphacedratvirus aljazairense; Alphacedratvirus aljazairmassiliense; Alphacedratvirus franciense; Alphacedratvirus francolausannense; Alphahydrivirus; Alphahydrivirus permafrostis; Alphaormycoviridae; Alphasclernavirus; Alphasclernavirus alphasclerotiniae; Alphasclernavirus betasclerotiniae; Aspergillus penoulivirus; Astarnavirus; Aurantiochytrium single-stranded RNA virus 01; Avoomyvirus; Avoomyvirus amagae; Avoomyvirus chiwundudzae; Avoomyvirus homensis; Avoomyvirus ibuensis; Avoomyvirus kabensis; Avoomyvirus kapangae; Avoomyvirus kifensis; Avoomyvirus kulapukae; Avoomyvirus mantarae; Avoomyvirus meijunae; Avoomyvirus mocensis; Avoomyvirus moengjensis; Avoomyvirus mosidurae; Avoomyvirus mouchlis; Avoomyvirus mucegae; Avoomyvirus myglensis; Avoomyvirus qurwarae; Avoomyvirus tavemmaltae; Avoomyvirus tayumensis; Avoomyvirus tchamosseurae; Avoomyvirus tewensis; Bacillarnavirus nagasakii; Bacillarnavirus setoensis; Bacillarnavirus yujii; Betaormycoviridae; Betasclernavirus; Betasclernavirus alphafusarii; Betasclernavirus alphasclerotii; Betasclernavirus betafusarii; Betasclernavirus betasclerotii; Betasclernavirus botrytidis; Bormycovirales; Bormycovirus; Bormycovirus duphytophthorae; Bormycovirus trephytophthorae; Bormycovirus unphytophthorae; Bormycovirus verticilli; Botoulivirus alphasclerotiniae; Botoulivirus betasclerotiniae; Botoulivirus botrytidis; Botoulivirus epicocci; Botrytis botoulivirus; Britarnavirus 1; Britarnavirus 2; Britarnavirus 3; Britarnavirus 4; Cassava virus C; Chaetarnavirus 2; Chaetenuissarnavirus II; Chaetoceros socialis forma radians RNA virus 1; Chaetoceros tenuissimus RNA virus 01; Cladosporium magoulivirus 1; Cladosporium magoulivirus 2; Cladosporium penoulivirus; Cladosporium scleroulivirus; Colletotrichum magoulivirus; Delepalmivirus; Delepalmivirus ibericum; Delepalmivirus magnaporthae; Delepalmivirus oidiodendri; Delepalmivirus sclerotiniae; Deltanormycoviridae; Divipalmivirus; Divipalmivirus aspergilli; Divipalmivirus cryphonectriae; Divipalmivirus diplodiae; Divipalmivirus italiense; Divipalmivirus japonicum; Divipalmivirus suilli; Dormycovirus; Dormycovirus erysiphe; Dormycovirus phytophthorae; Dormycovirus plasmoparae; Epicoccum botoulivirus; Epicoccum penoulivirus; Epirus cherry virus; Formycovirales; Gammaormycoviridae; Heterosigma akashiwo RNA virus; Hormycovirus; Hormycovirus hortiboleti; Hydriviridae; Jakapalmivirus; Jakapalmivirus botritidis; Jakapalmivirus bremiae; Jakapalmivirus cinereae; Jakapalmivirus ibericum; Jakapalmivirus italiense; Jakapalmivirus sclerotiniae; Jericarnavirus A; Jericarnavirus B; Kusarnavirus tomaruii; Labyrnavirus takaoii; Lineavirales; Locarnavirus derisii; Locarnavirus greningerii; Locarnavirus jerichoensis; Locarnavirus rohweri; Magnaporthe magoulivirus 1; Magnaporthe penoulivirus; Magoulivirus acremonii; Magoulivirus cladosporii; Magoulivirus colletotrichi; Magoulivirus oryzae; Magoulivirus penicillii; Magoulivirus phaeoacremonii; Magoulivirus plasmoparae; Magoulivirus rhizoctoniae; Marnavirus taichanarum; Mycoalphaviridae; Neofusicoccum penoulivirus; Nicoomyvirus; Nicoomyvirus beschimmelingae; Nicoomyvirus bolorensis; Nicoomyvirus floridurae; Nicoomyvirus hallitusensis; Nicoomyvirus lizumae; Nicoomyvirus llwydnae; Nicoomyvirus moegelae; Nicoomyvirus mohonsis; Nicoomyvirus moisissurensis; Nicoomyvirus moldensis; Nicoomyvirus muffae; Nicoomyvirus peneszensis; Nicoomyvirus plesenae; Nicoomyvirus schimmelae; Nicoomyvirus simensis; Nicoomyvirus svampae; Ocovirineae; Oomyviridae; Orpoviricetes; Orthocedratvirinae; Orthopithovirinae; Ourmia melon virus; Ourmiavirus cucurbitae; Ourmiavirus manihoti; Ourmiavirus pruni; Palmarnavirus 128; Palmarnavirus 156; Palmarnavirus 473; Penicillium magoulivirus; Penicillium penoulivirus; Penoulivirus aspergilli; Penoulivirus cladosporii; Penoulivirus epicocci; Penoulivirus neofusicocci; Penoulivirus oryzae; Penoulivirus penicillii; Penoulivirus phaeoacremonii; Penoulivirus phomae; Penoulivirus phomopsis; Penoulivirus pyriculariae; Penoulivirus sclerotiniae; Phaeoacremonium magoulivirus; Phaeoacremonium penoulivirus; Phoma penoulivirus; Phomosis penoulivirus; Phormycovirus; Phormycovirus duphytophthorae; Phormycovirus phytophthorae; Phormycovirus plasmoparae; Phormycovirus quaphytophthorae; Phormycovirus trephytophthorae; Phormycovirus unphytophthorae; Pimascovirales; Pyricularia penoulivirus; Pyricularia scleroulivirus 3; Rhizoctonia magoulivirus 1; Rhizoctonia rhizoulivirus; Rhizosolenia setigera RNA virus 01; Rhizoulivirus rhizoctoniae; Salisharnavirus britensis; Salisharnavirus mirandaeae; Salisharnavirus stewardii; Salisharnavirus vlokiae; Sanfarnavirus 1; Sanfarnavirus 2; Sanfarnavirus 3; Sclerotinia botoulivirus 2; Sclerotinia botoulivirus 3; Sclerotinia penoulivirus; Sclerotinia scleroulivirus 1; Scleroulivirus alphaglycinae; Scleroulivirus betaglycinae; Scleroulivirus cladosporii; Scleroulivirus pyriculariae; Scleroulivirus sclerotiniae; Sogarnavirus culleyi; Sogarnavirus gustavseniae; Sogarnavirus kimuraei; Sogarnavirus kitsilanoensis; Sogarnavirus palmerensis; Sogarnavirus tomaruii; Soybean scleroulivirus 1; Soybean scleroulivirus 2; Splipalmiviridae; Stormycovirus; Stormycovirus alariae; Stormycovirus starmellariae; Swoomyvirus; Swoomyvirus plijesanensis; Tormycovirus; Tormycovirus duaplasmoparae; Tormycovirus erysiphe; Tormycovirus fusarii; Tormycovirus thrichodermae; Tormycovirus unplasmoparae; Unirnavirus; Unirnavirus aldianthicolae; Unirnavirus allongipei; Unirnavirus aspergilli; Unirnavirus beauveriae; Unirnavirus cogleosporioidei; Unirnavirus cohigginsiani; Unirnavirus combuense; Unirnavirus fusarii; Unirnavirus pripenicillii; Unirnavirus prustilaginoideae; Unirnavirus secupenicillii; Unirnavirus secustilaginoideae; Unirnavirus trichodermae; Vormycovirus; Vormycovirus duerysiphe; Vormycovirus ophiocordyceps; Vormycovirus plasmoparae; Vormycovirus unerysiphe; Vormycovirus verticilli.