| Mycosarcoma | |
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| Mycosarcoma maydis diploid teliospores | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Ustilaginomycetes |
| Order: | Ustilaginales |
| Family: | Ustilaginaceae |
| Genus: | Mycosarcoma Brefeld, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mycosarcoma maydis Brefeld, 1912
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Mycosarcoma is a genus of fungus including M. maydis, sometimes called Ustilago maydis, 'corn smut fungus'. This genus seems to be a result of recent genetic testing showing that a new taxon is needed to better organize these species, previously thought unrelated.[2] The six recognized species were in different genera originally until genetic testing showed their relations and a genus name was resurrected to split these species into a more fitting nomenclature.[3]
- ^ Brefeld, O. (1812). "Untersuchungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Mykologie". Die Brandpilze und die Brandkrankheiten. 15 (5). Münster: Commissions-Verlag v. H. Schöningh: 1–151.
- ^ McTaggart, Alistair R.; Shivas, Roger G.; Boekhout, Teun; Oberwinkler, Franz; Vánky, Kálmán; Pennycook, Shaun R.; Begerow, Dominik (December 2016). "Mycosarcoma (Ustilaginaceae), a resurrected generic name for corn smut (Ustilago maydis) and its close relatives with hypertrophied, tubular sori". IMA Fungus. 7 (2): 309–315. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.10. ISSN 2210-6359. PMC 5159601. PMID 27990337.
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