Ceraceosorus

Ceraceosorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Order: Ceraceosorales
Begerow, M.Stoll & R.Bauer (2006)
Family: Ceraceosoraceae
Denchev & R.T. Moore (2009)
Genus: Ceraceosorus
B.K.Bakshi (1976)
Type species
Ceraceosorus bombacis
(B.K.Bashi) B.K.Bashi (1976)
Species[1]
  • Ceraceosorus africanus Piątek, K. Riess, Karasiński & M. Lutz
  • Ceraceosorus bombacis (B.K. Bakshi) B.K. Bakshi
  • Ceraceosorus guamensis

The Ceraceosorales are an order of smut fungi in the class Exobasidiomycetes. It is a monotypic order, consisting of a single family, the Ceraceosoraceae, which in turn contain a single genus, Ceraceosorus. Ceraceosorales was circumscribed in 2006;[2] the family Ceraceosoraceae was validated in 2009.[3]

Species:[1]

  • Ceraceosorus africanus Piątek, K. Riess, Karasiński & M. Lutz
  • Ceraceosorus bombacis (B.K. Bakshi) B.K. Bakshi
  • Ceraceosorus guamensis Kijporn. & Aime

References

  1. 1 2 "Ceraceosorus B.K.Bakshi". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Begerow D. (2006). "A phylogenetic hypothesis of Ustilaginomycotina based on multiple gene analyses and morphological data". Mycologia. 98 (6): 906–16. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.906. PMID 17486967.
  3. ↑ Denchev CM, Moore RT (2009). "Validation of Malasseziaceae and Ceraceosoraceae (Exobasidiomycetes)". Mycotaxon. 110: 379–83. doi:10.5248/110.379.