Helicobasidium (genus)
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Helicobasidium Pat. 1887
The species of this genus of rust fungi contains economically important plant pathogens that cause violet root rot. They are soil-borne and normally not host specific and can attack a wide variety of crops. Helicobasidium mompa is the most important species infecting, for example, root crops and the roots of fruit trees, but also many other plants.
Currently, the following species have been entered into the system: