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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