Urocystidales | |
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Urocystis colchici on onions | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Ustilaginomycetes |
Order: | Urocystidales R. Bauer & Oberw., 1997[1] |
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The Urocystidales are an order of fungi within the class Ustilaginomycetes. The order contains 6 families and about 400 genera. They are a sister order to Ustilaginales.
Urocystidales is also known and classified as the smut fungi.[3] They are serious plant pathogens, Urocystis, is one of the representative genera of the order, it is an example of a smut genus that has a wide host range. The type species Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) A.A. Fisch. Waldh (1867), was described as a pathogen on rye (Secale cereale).[4] They are found in marine and terrestrial environments.[1] The aquatic members of the Doassansiopsis genera are found in the tropics or subtropics.[5]