Pucciniomycotina
| Pucciniomycotina | |
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| Gymnosporangium fuscum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Subdivision: |
Pucciniomycotina R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiß & Oberw. (2006) |
| Classes | |
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Agaricostilbomycetes |
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| Synonyms | |
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Urediniomycotina |
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Agaricostilbomycetes
Atractiellomycetes
Classiculomycetes
Cryptomycocolacomycetes
Cystobasidiomycetes
Microbotryomycetes
Mixiomycetes
Pucciniomycetes
Tritirachiomycetes
Urediniomycotina
Pucciniomycotina is a subdivision of fungus within the division Basidiomycota. The subdivision contains 9 classes, 20 orders, and 37 families. Over 8400 species of Pucciniomycotina have been described - more than 8% of all described fungi. The subdivision is considered a sister group to Ustilaginomycotina and Agaricomycotina, which may share the basal lineage of Basidiomycota, although this is uncertain due to low support for placement between the three groups. The group was known as Urediniomycetes until 2006, when it was elevated from a class to a subdivision and named after the largest order in the group, Puccinales.
Pucciniomycotina have a diverse range of ecologies as insect parasites, mycoparasites, and orchid mycorrhiza; some have been detected in soil and water or asymptotic members living on leafs. Most are plant pathogens. Many Pucciniomycotina are rust fungi and are placed in the order Puccinales that contains roughly 7800 species(ca. 90% of the group). Some members of the group are of economical importance as a pathogen on a wide range of commercial plants, e.g. wheat. Pucciniomycotina is a cosmopolite and exists all over the world.
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