| Helicobasidiales | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Helicobasidium purpureum causing violet root rot on carrots | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Helicobasidiales R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006) |
| Family: | Helicobasidiaceae P.M.Kirk (2008) |
| Type genus | |
| Helicobasidium Pat. (1885) | |
| Genera | |
The Helicobasidiales are an order of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. [1] The order is currently monotypic, containing the single family Helicobasidiaceae which itself is monotypic, containing the single genus Helicobasidium . The anamorphic genus Tuberculina is a synonym of Helicobasidium, but species are not currently integrated in the latter genus. [2]