Miscellaneous Basidiomycota groups

fungi and fungal-like organisms • plant diseases • pests-diseases-weeds

Miscellaneous groups within the Basidiomycota fungi

The following goups of basidiomycetous fungi are included:

Exobasidiomycetes This group includes genera like Tilletia or Exobasidium (12 species)

Microbotryomycetes This group includes several plant pathogens like Sphacelotheca reiliana causing head smut of maize and sorghum (1 species)

Ustilaginomycetes This is an important group of plant pathogens which includes smut genera like Ustilago and Sporisorium (20 species)