Exobasidium

Exobasidium
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
Species

Exobasidium burtii
Exobasidium reticulatum
Exobasidium vaccinii
Exobasidium vaccinii-uliginosi
Exobasidium vexans
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Synonyms

Arcticomyces Savile, 1959

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.

References

  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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