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Microbotryales

The Microbotryales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota. The order contains 2 families, 9 genera, and 114 species. The order was circumscribed in 1997.

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Microbotryales
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Microbotryomycetes
Order: Microbotryales
R.Bauer & Oberw. (1997)
Families

Microbotryaceae
Ustilentylomataceae

The Microbotryales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota.1 The order contains 2 families, 9 genera, and 114 species.1 The order was circumscribed in 1997.2

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References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 423. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Bauer R, Oberwinkler F, Vánky K (1997). "Ultrastructural markers and systematics in smut fungi and allied taxa". Canadian Journal of Botany. 75 (8): 1273–14. doi:10.1139/b97-842.
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