Aecidium | |
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Aecidium magnellanicum growing on the bush Berberis microphylla | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
Order: | Pucciniales |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Aecidium |
Type species | |
Aecidium berberidis Pers. ex J.F.Gmel. (1792) |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Hypodermium subgen. Aecidium (Pers.) Link (1816) |
Aecidium is a genus of rust fungi in the Pucciniales order. The widespread genus is estimated to contain about 600 species.[2]