Ustilaginales
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(G. Winter 1880)[1] Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997[2]
| Ustilaginales | |
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| Huitlacoche | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Ustilaginomycetes |
| Subclass: | Ustilaginomycetidae |
| Order: | Ustilaginales (G. Winter 1880)[1] Bauer & Oberwinkler 1997[2] |
| Families | |
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Anthracoideaceae | |
The Ustilaginales are an order of fungi within the class Ustilaginomycetes. The order contained 8 families, 49 genera, and 851 species in 2008.[3]
In 2011, monotypic family Pericladiaceae Vánky holding just Pericladium Pass. (with 3 species) was added.[4] Also family Cintractiellaceae Vánky was later placed in a monotypic order Cintractiellales McTaggart & R.G. Shivas in 2020.[5]
Ustinaginales is also known and classified as the smut fungi. They are serious plant pathogens, with only the dikaryotic stage being obligately parasitic.
Has a thick-walled resting spore (teliospore), known as the "brand" (burn) spore or chlamydospore.