Yelsemia

Yelsemia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Ustilaginomycetes
Order:
Ustilaginales
Family:
Melanotaeniaceae
Genus:
Yelsemia

J. Walker, 2001

Yelsemia is a genus of smut fungi in the family Melanotaeniaceae, containing four species.[1]

The genus was originally placed in the Tilletiales order, due to the germination of the spores of Yelsemia arthropodii had similar characteristics of the fungal species in the Tilletiales order.[1] before moving to Melanotaeniacea family in the Ustilaginales order.[2]

  1. ^ a b Walker, John (February 2001). "Yelsemia arthropodii gen. et sp. nov. (Tilletiales) on Arthropodium in Australia". Mycological Research. 105 (2): 225–232. doi:10.1017/s0953756200003269.
  2. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.