| Exobasidium | |
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| Exobasidium rhododendri growing on Rhododendron hirsutum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
| Subclass: | Exobasidiomycetidae |
| Order: | Exobasidiales |
| Family: | Exobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Exobasidium Woronin |
| Type species | |
| Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin |
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| Species | |
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Exobasidium burtii |
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| Synonyms | |
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Arcticomyces Savile, 1959 |
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Exobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Exobasidiaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate regions, and contains about 50 species.[1] Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens that grow on Ericaceae.