Helicobasidiales | |
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Helicobasidium purpureum causing violet root rot on carrots | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
Order: | Helicobasidiales R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006) |
Family: | Helicobasidiaceae P.M.Kirk (2008) |
Type genus | |
Helicobasidium Pat. (1885)
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Genera | |
The Helicobasidiales are an order of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina.[1] The order is currently monotypic, containing the single family Helicobasidiaceae which itself is monotypic, containing the single genus Helicobasidium. The anamorphic genus Tuberculina is a synonym of Helicobasidium, but species are not currently integrated in the latter genus.[2]