Sebacinales

Sebacinales
Sebacina incrustans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Agaricomycotina
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Sebacinales
M.Weiss, Selosse, Rexer, A.Urb & Oberw. (2004)
Family: Sebacinaceae
K.Wells & Oberw. (1982)
Type genus
Sebacina
Tul. & C.Tul. (1873)
Genera

Craterocolla
Ditangium
Efibulobasidium
Piriformospora
Sebacina
Serendipita
Tremellodendron
Tremelloscypha
Tremellostereum

The Sebacinales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. Taxa have a widespread distribution and are mostly terrestrial, many forming mycorrhizas with a wide variety of plants, including orchids.[1] The order is monotypic, containing a single family, the Sebacinaceae. There are 8 genera and 29 species in the family.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cannon PF, Kirk, PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 328. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  2. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 627. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
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