Exobasidium
Exobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Exobasidiaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate regions, and contains about 50 species.[1] Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens that grow on Ericaceae.
| Exobasidium | |
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| Exobasidium rhododendri growing on Rhododendron hirsutum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
| Order: | Exobasidiales |
| Family: | Exobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Exobasidium Woronin |
| Type species | |
| Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin | |
| Species | |
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Exobasidium burtii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Arcticomyces Savile, 1959 | |
References
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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