Sporisorium

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Sporisorium
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Ustilaginales
Family: Ustilaginaceae
Genus: Sporisorium
Ehrenb. ex Link, in Link, Linné’s Species Plantarum, Ed. 4, 6, 2: 86. 1825 emend. McTaggart & R.G. Shivas
Type species
Sporisorium sorghi
Ehrenb. ex Link, in Willdenow, Willd., Sp. Pl., ed, 4, 6, 2: 86. 1825.
Species

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Sporisorium is a fungus genus in the Ustilaginaceae family. [1]

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References

  1. Taxonomic revision of Ustilago, Sporisorium and Macalpinomyces. A.R. McTaggart, R.G. Shivas, A.D.W. Geering, K. Vánky and T. Scharaschkin, Persoonia, 2012, volume 29, pages 116–132, doi : 10.3767/003158512X661462