Conidiosporomyces

Conidiosporomyces
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Conidiosporomyces

Vánky
Type species
Conidiosporomyces ayresii
(Berk.) Vánky & R. Bauer
Species

C. ayresii
C. echinospermus
C. verruculosus

Conidiosporomyces is a genus of fungi in the smut family Tilletiaceae. The genus was described in 1992 to accommodate the species formerly known as Tilletia ayresii, first described by British naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1899.[1] The species C. verruculosus (formerly Ustilago verruculosa) was described in 1993.[2] Species in the genus are plant pathogens that affect various grasses.

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