Chaconia (fungus)

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Chaconia
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Chaconiaceae
Genus: Chaconia
Juel (1897)
Type species
Chaconia alutacea
Juel (1897)
Species

C. alutacea
C. brasiliensis
C. butleri
C. coaetanea
C. ingae
C. maprouneae
C. thailandica

Synonyms [1]

Desmotelium Syd. (1937)
BitzeaMains (1939)

Chaconia is a genus of rust fungi in the Chaconiaceae family. The widespread genus contains seven species that grow mostly on dicots, especially Leguminosae . [2]

References

  1. "Chaconia Juel 1897". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p.  129. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.