Ustilaginoidea

Ustilaginoidea
	U. virens smut balls on a rice head
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	Ustilaginoidea; Bref. (1895)
Type species
	Ustilaginoidea oryzae; (Pat.) Bref. (1895)
Species
	U. burkillii; U. dichromenae; U. polliniae; U. reticulata; U. setariae; U. virens
Synonyms
	Dubiomyces Lloyd (1921)

Ustilaginoidea is a genus of anamorphic fungi whose teleomorphic states are in the Hypocreales order. The genus is widespread in subtropical regions, and contains six species.^[2] Ustilaginoidea was circumscribed by German botanist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1895.^[3] Ustilaginoidea virens causes the disesase known alternatively as rice false smut, pseudosmut, or green smut.

References

^ Lloyd CG. (1921). "Mycological Notes 65". Mycological Writings. 6 (65).
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 717. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Brefeld O. (1895). "Hemibasidii. Brandpilze III. Cultur der Brandpilzen in Nährlösungen". Untersuchungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Mykologie (in German). 12: 99–236 (see p. 194).

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[Lloyd1921-1] Lloyd CG. (1921). "Mycological Notes 65". Mycological Writings. 6 (65).

[Kirk2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 717. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Brefeld1895-3] Brefeld O. (1895). "Hemibasidii. Brandpilze III. Cultur der Brandpilzen in Nährlösungen". Untersuchungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Mykologie (in German). 12: 99–236 (see p. 194).

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