Oberwinkleria

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Oberwinkleria
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Order: Tilletiales
Family: Tilletiaceae
Genus: Oberwinkleria
Vánky & R.Bauer (1995)
Type species
Oberwinkleria anulata
Vánky & C.Vánky (1995)

Oberwinkleria is a fungal genus in the family Tilletiaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single rust species Oberwinkleria anulata, found in Venezuela growing on the grass Ortachne erectifolia . The generic name honors German mycologist Franz Oberwinkler. [1]

References

  1. Vánky, K; Bauer, R. (1995). "Oberwinkleria, a new genus of Ustilaginales". Mycotaxon. 53: 361–8.