The Anthracoideaceae are a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
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 ...
in the order
Ustilaginales
The Ustilaginales are an order of fungi within the class Ustilaginomycetes. The order contains 8 families, 49 genera, and 851 species.
''Ustinaginales'' is also known and classified as the smut fungi. They are serious plant pathogens, with onl ...
. Collectively, the family contains 20
genera and 198
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
.
[ Anthracoideaceae was circumscribed by the Bulgarian mycologist Cvetomir M. Denchev in 1997.][
]
Genera
*''Anthracoidea
''Anthracoidea'' is a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Anthracoideaceae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or mo ...
''
*'' Cintractia''
*'' Crotalia''
*'' Dermatosorus''
*'' Farysia''
*'' Farysporium''
*'' Heterotolyposporium''
*'' Kuntzeomyces''
*'' Leucocintractia''
*'' Moreaua''
*'' Orphanomyces''
*'' Pilocintractia''
*'' Planetella''
*'' Portalia''
*'' Schizonella''
*'' Stegocintractia''
*'' Testicularia''
*'' Tolyposporium''
*'' Trichocintractia''
*'' Ustanciosporium''
See also
* List of Basidiomycota families This is a list of families in the phylum Basidiomycota of kingdom Fungi. The Basidiomycota are the second largest phyla of the fungi, containing 31515 species. The phylum is divided into three subphyla, the Pucciniomycotina (rust fungi), the Ustilag ...
References
External links
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Ustilaginomycotina
Anthracoideaceae
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