Sporidiobolales

Sporidiobolales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Microbotryomycetes
Order: Sporidiobolales
Doweld (2001)
Family: Sporidiobolaceae
Moore (1980)
Type genus
Sporidiobolus
Nyland (1950)
Genera

Aessosporon
Rogersiomyces
Sporidiobolus
Genera incertae sedis

Ballistosporomyces
Rhodosporidium
Rhodotorula
Sporobolomyces

The Sporidiobolales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota.[1] The order contains a single family, the Sporidiobolaceae, which in turn contains seven genera and 83 species.[1] Three of these genera, Aessosporon, Rogersiomyces, and Sporidiobolus, are classified in the Sporidiobolaceae, while the remaining four, Ballistosporomyces, Rhodosporidium, Rhodotorula, and Sporobolomyces, are incertae sedis with respect to familial placement.

References

  1. 1 2 Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 656. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
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