Entyloma

Entyloma
Entyloma achilleae from Commanster, Belgium
Entyloma achilleae from Commanster, Belgium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Exobasidiomycetes
Order:
Entylomatales
Family:
Entylomataceae
Genus:
Entyloma

de Bary (1874)
Type species
Entyloma microsporum
(Unger) J.Schröt. (1874)

Entyloma is a genus of smut fungi in the family Entylomataceae.[1] The genus was described by Anton de Bary in 1874.[2] A 2008 estimates places about 180 species in the genus. The anamorph form of Entyloma is Entylomella.[3]

Species

References

  1. ^ Bauer R, Oberwinkler F, Vánky K (1997). "Ultrastructural markers and systematics in smut fungi and allied taxa". Canadian Journal of Botany. 75 (8): 1273–314. doi:10.1139/b97-842.
  2. ^ de Bary A. (1874). "Protomyces microsporus und seine Verwandten". Botanische Zeitung (in German). 32: 97–108.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.