| Exobasidium camelliae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
| Order: | Exobasidiales |
| Family: | Exobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Exobasidium |
| Species: | E. camelliae
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| Binomial name | |
| Exobasidium camelliae Shirai
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Exobasidium camelliae is a phytopathagenic fungus that infects ornamental shrubs of the Camellia genus.[1][2] It absorbs nutrients from the host through its haustoria and causes the leaves of the host plant to be thicker and lighter green than usual.[3] It forms a hymenium between cells four to six layers above the lower epidermis which is subsequently sloughed off to reveal its basidia.[4]
- ^ "Exobasidium camelliae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ Khan, Saeed R.; Kimbrough, James W.; Mims, Charles W. (1 December 1981). "Septal ultrastructure and the taxonomy of Exobasidium". Canadian Journal of Botany. 59 (12): 2450–2457. doi:10.1139/b81-296. ISSN 0008-4026.
- ^ Richardson, Elizabeth Ann. "Ultrastructural Observations of Meiosis in the Fungus Exobasidium camelliae var. gracilis shirai (Basidiomycetes, Nuclear Divisions, Spindle Pole Body)." Order No. 1329064 Stephen F. Austin State University, 1986. Ann Arbor: ProQuest. Web. 6 May 2022.
- ^ Mims, C.W.; Richardson, E.A. (3 May 2007). "Light and electron microscopic observations of the infection of Camellia sasanqua by the fungus Exobasidum camelliae var. gracilis". Canadian Journal of Botany. 85 (2): 175–183. doi:10.1139/b06-155. ISSN 0008-4026.