Exobasidiomycetes

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Exobasidiomycetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Subphylum: Ustilaginomycotina
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Begerow, Stoll & R. Bauer 2007[1]
Orders

Doassansiales
Entylomatales
Exobasidiales
Georgefischeriales
Microstromatales
Tilletiales

Exobasidiomycetes is an class of fungi sometimes associated with the abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues known as galls. The class includes Exobasidium camelliae Shirai, the camellia leaf gall and Exobasidium vaccinii Erikss, the leaf and flower gall.

Exobasidium vaccinii from Commanster, Belgium.  Source: James Lindsey's Ecology of Commanster Site
Exobasidium vaccinii from Commanster, Belgium. Source: James Lindsey's Ecology of Commanster Site


[edit] References

  1. ^ Begerow, D., et al. (2006). "A phylogenetic hypothesis of Ustilaginomycotina based upon multiple gene analyses and morphological data". Mycologia 98: 908. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.906. 
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