''Anthracoidea'' is a genus of
smut fungi
The smuts are multicellular fungi characterized by their large numbers of teliospores. The smuts get their name from a Germanic word for dirt because of their dark, thick-walled, and dust-like teliospores. They are mostly Ustilaginomycetes (phylum ...
belonging to the family
Anthracoideaceae
The Anthracoideaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginales. Collectively, the family contains 20 genera and 198 species. Anthracoideaceae was circumscribed by the Bulgarian mycologist Cvetomir M. Denchev in 1997.
Genera
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
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Anthracoidea altera
''Anthracoidea'' is a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Anthracoideaceae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Anthracoidea altera''
*''Anthracoidea altiphila''
*''Anthracoidea americana
''Anthracoidea'' i ...
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Anthracoidea altiphila
''Anthracoidea'' is a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Anthracoideaceae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Anthracoidea altera''
*''Anthracoidea altiphila''
*''Anthracoidea americana
''Anthracoidea'' i ...
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Anthracoidea americana
''Anthracoidea'' is a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Anthracoideaceae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Anthracoidea altera''
*''Anthracoidea altiphila''
*''Anthracoidea americana
''Anthracoidea'' i ...
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References
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Ustilaginomycotina
Basidiomycota genera