Slooffia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Microbotryomycetes |
Order: | Heterogastridiales |
Family: | Heterogastridiaceae |
Genus: | Slooffia Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015) |
Type species | |
Slooffia tsugae (Phaff & Carmo Souza) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
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Species | |
Slooffia cresolica |
Slooffia is a genus of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. Most species are known only from their yeast states.[1] Known hyphal states produce auricularioid (tubular and laterally septate) basidia, bearing basidiospores, and are parasitic on other fungi.[2]