Exobasidiomycetes

Exobasidiomycetes
	Exobasidium vaccinii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Subdivision:	Ustilaginomycotina
Class:	Exobasidiomycetes; Begerow, Stoll & R.Bauer (2007)
Orders
	Ceraceosorales; Doassansiales; Entylomatales; Exobasidiales; Georgefischeriales; Malasseziales; Microstromatales; Tilletiales;

The Exobasidiomycetes are a class of fungi sometimes associated with the abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues known as galls. The class includes Exobasidium camelliae Shirai, the camellia leaf gall and Exobasidium vaccinii Erikss, the leaf and flower gall. There are eight orders in the Exobasidiomycetes, including the Ceraceosorales, Doassansiales, Entylomatales, Exobasidiales, Georgefischeriales, Malasseziales, Microstromatales and the Tilletiales.^[2] Four of the eight orders include smut fungi. The families Ceraceosoraceae and Malasseziaceae were formally validated in 2009 for the orders Ceraceosorales and Malasseziales, respectively.^[3]

References

^ Begerow D, Stoll M, Bauer R (2007). "A phylogenetic hypothesis of Ustilaginomycotina based upon multiple gene analyses and morphological data". Mycologia. 98 (6): 906–916. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.906. PMID 17486967.
^ Hibbett DS, Binder M, Bischoff JF, et al. (2007). "A higher level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi" (PDF). Mycological Research. 111 (5): 509–547. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.626.9582. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. PMID 17572334. S2CID 4686378. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26.
^ Denchev CM, Moore RT (2009). "Validation of Malasseziaceae and Ceraceosoraceae (Exobasidiomycetes)". Mycotaxon. 11 (4): 379–383. doi:10.5248/110.379.

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