Pucciniomycetes

Pucciniomycetes
Aecia of Puccinia sessilis on Arum maculatum leaf
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Pucciniomycotina
Class: Pucciniomycetes
R. Bauer, Begerow, J.P. Samp., M. Weiss & Oberw. (2006)[1]
Orders

Helicobasidiales
Pachnocybales
Platygloeales
Pucciniales
Septobasidiales

Synonyms[2]

Pucciniomycetes D.Hawksw., B.Sutton & Ainsw. (1983)

Pucciniomycetes (formerly known as Urediniomycetidae) is a diverse class of fungi in the subphylum Pucciniomycotina of phylum Basidiomycota.[3] The class contains 5 orders, 21 families, 190 genera, and approximately 8,016 species.[4] It has been estimated that this class contains about one third of all teleomorphic basidiomycetes. Pucciniomycetes contains many economically important plant pathogenic fungal rusts; the order Pucciniales (formerly Uredinales) is the largest clade in this class, representing approximately 7,000 species.[5]

Pucciniomycetes are cosmopolitan and can be found in both terrestrial and aquatic environments, although aquatic species are poorly understood.[5]

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