Overview
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Ustilaginomycetes is the of true smut fungi. They are plant parasites with about 1400 recognised species in 70 genera.2]
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Taxonomy
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The Class Ustilaginomycetes is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subclass (1): Ustilaginomycetidae
- Order (2): Urocystales · Ustilaginales
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3,387 species and subspecies in the Class Ustilaginomycetes.
Orders
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Urocystales
For more information about Urocystales, an order of Basidiomycete fungi, select a higher rank from the . [more]
Ustilaginales
Ustilaginales is an order of within the class Ustilaginomycetes. [more]
At least 2,126 species and subspecies belong to the Order Ustilaginales.
More info about the Order Ustilaginales may be found here.
References
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- ^ Bauer, R., et al. (1997). "Ultrastructural markers and systematics in smut fungi and allied taxa.". Can. J. Bot. 75: 1273–1314.
- ^ "Definition and description from Tree of Life Web.org".
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