Austrobasidium

Austrobasidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Order: Exobasidiales
Family: Exobasidiaceae
Genus: Austrobasidium
Palfner
Type species
Austrobasidium pehueldeni
Palfner

Austrobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Exobasidiaceae family. The genus is monotypic and contains the single species Austrobasidium pehueldeni, found parasitizing the woody plant Hydrangea serratifolia in Chile.[1]

References

  1. Palfner G. (2006). "Austrobasidium, a new gall-forming genus of Exobasidiaceae (Exobasidiales, Basidiomycota) on Hydrangea serratifolia from Chile". Australian Systematic Botany 19 (5): 431–36. doi:10.1071/SB05026.

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