Biology:Tilletiales

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Short description: Order of fungi

Tilletiales
Karnal bunt spore.jpg
Karnal bunt spore
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Subclass: Exobasidiomycetidae
Order: Tilletiales
Kreisel ex R.Bauer & Oberw. (1997)[1]
Family: Tilletiaceae
J.Schröt. (1887)
Type genus
Tilletia
Tul. & C.Tul. (1847)
Genera

Conidiosporomyces
Erratomyces
Ingoldiomyces
Neovossia
Oberwinkleria
Salmacisia
Tilletia

The Tilletiales are an order of smut fungi in the class Exobasidiomycetes.[2][3][4] It is a monotypic order, consisting of a single family, the Tilletiaceae, which contains seven genera. The roughly 150 species in the Tilletiales all infect hosts of the grass family, except for species of Erratomyces, which occur on legumes.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10698026 entry