Exobasidium

Exobasidium
Exobasidium rhododendri growing on Rhododendron hirsutum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Order: Exobasidiales
Family: Exobasidiaceae
Genus: Exobasidium
Woronin
Type species
Exobasidium vaccinii
(Fuckel) Woronin
Species

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Synonyms

Arcticomyces Savile, 1959

Exobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Exobasidiaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate regions, and contains about 50 species.[1] Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens that grow on Ericaceae. The comprising fungi are parasitic in nature, especially on various heath plants where they cause galls.[2]

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ "Definition of EXOBASIDIUM". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-03-10.