Urocystis

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Urocystis
Urocystis colchici var. cepulae on an onion seedling.jpg
Urocystis colchici on an onion seedling
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Urocystidales
Family: Urocystidiaceae
Genus: Urocystis
Rabenh. ex Fuckel, 1870 [1]
Type species
Urocystis occulta
(Wallr.) A.A. Fisch. Waldh., 1867

Urocystis is a genus of smut fungi containing plant pathogens, which infect grass species and other plants.

Contents

Host species of Urocystis

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum; [4]

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References

  1. Fuckel, L. 1870. Symbolae mycologicae. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Rheinischen Pilze. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde. 23-24:1-459
  2. Hettel, Gene; McNab, Alma (1996). Bunt and Smut Diseases of Wheat : Concepts and Methods of Disease Management. Mexico, D.F.: CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center). pp. vi + 66. ISBN   968-6923-37-3.
  3. "Urocystis alopecuri – Plant Parasites of Europe". bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Urocystis". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 24 September 2023.