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Ustilaginoidea

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Ustilaginoidea
U. virens smut balls on a rice head
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Ustilaginoidea
Bref. (1895)
Type species
Ustilaginoidea oryzae
(Pat.) Bref. (1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dubiomyces Lloyd (1920)[2]
  • Villosiclava E.Tanaka & C.Tanaka (2009)

Ustilaginoidea is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae. The genus contains 19 species.[3] Ustilaginoidea was circumscribed by German botanist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1895, with Ustilaginoidea oryzae assigned as the type species.[4] Ustilaginoidea virens causes the disesase known alternatively as rice false smut, pseudosmut, or green smut.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Ustilaginoidea Bref., Unters. Gesammtgeb. Mykol. (Liepzig) 12: 194 (1895)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ Lloyd, C.G. (1921). "Mycological Notes 65". Mycological Writings. 6 (65).
  3. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  4. ^ Brefeld O. (1895). "Hemibasidii. Brandpilze III. Cultur der Brandpilzen in Nährlösungen". Untersuchungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Mykologie (in German). 12: 99–236 (see p. 194).
  5. ^ Wang, S.; Bai, J.K. (1997). "A new species of Ustilaginoidea: U. albicans". Mycosystema. 16: 257–258.