Ustilaginales
Sign in to saveThe Ustilaginales are an order of fungi within the class Ustilaginomycetes. The order contained 8 families, 49 genera, and 851 species in 2008.
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- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassUstilaginomycetes
- OrderUstilaginales
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded142,293
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Research
1,473 papers- The Ustilaginales as plant pests and model systems.Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B · 2002
- First Case of Subcutaneous Mycoses Caused by Dirkmeia churashimaensis and a Literature Review of Human Ustilaginales Infections.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
- Ustilago maydis.Current biology : CB · 2023
- Telomerase RNA plays a major role in the completion of the life cycle in Ustilago maydis and shares conserved domains with other Ustilaginales.PloS one · 2023
- Comparative genomics of smut fungi suggest the ability of meiosis and mating in asexual species of the genus Pseudozyma (Ustilaginales).BMC genomics · 2023
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The Ustilaginales are an order of fungi within the class Ustilaginomycetes. The order contained 8 families, 49 genera, and 851 species in 2008.
In 2011, monotypic family Pericladiaceae holding just Pericladium (with 3 species) was added. Also family Cintractiellaceae was later placed in a monotypic order Cintractiellales in 2020.
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