Exobasidium
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| Exobasidium | |
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| Exobasidium rhododendri growing on Rhododendron hirsutum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
| Order: | Exobasidiales |
| Family: | Exobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Exobasidium Woronin |
| Type species | |
| Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Arcticomyces Savile, 1959 | |
Exobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Exobasidiaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate regions, and contains about 50 species.[1] Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens that grow on Ericaceae. The comprising fungi are parasitic in nature, especially on various heath plants where they cause galls.[2]
