Ceropsora

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Ceropsora
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Coleosporiaceae
Genus: Ceropsora
B.K.Bakshi & Suj.Singh (1960)
Type species
Ceropsora piceae
(Barclay) B.K. Bakshi & Suj. Singh (1960)

Ceropsora is a genus of rust fungus in the family Coleosporiaceae.

The genus was thought to be monotypic, containing the single species Ceropsora piceae , found growing on spruce in India. [1] Until 2020, when Ceropsora weirii (H.S. Jacks.) Aime & McTaggart (2020) was published. It was formerly published as Chrysomyxa weiriiH.S. Jacks., Phytopathology 7: 353 in 1917. [2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p.  128. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.