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