Sporidiobolales

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Sporidiobolales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Class:
Order:
Sporidiobolales

Doweld (2001)
Family:
Sporidiobolaceae

Moore (1980)
Type genus
Sporidiobolus
Nyland (1950)
Genera

Aessosporon
Rogersiomyces
Sporidiobolus
Genera incertae sedis

Rhodotorula
Sporobolomyces

The Sporidiobolales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota.[1] The order contains a single family, the Sporidiobolaceae, which in turn contains seven genera and 83 species.[1] Three of these genera, Aessosporon, Rogersiomyces, and Sporidiobolus, are classified in the Sporidiobolaceae, while the remaining four, , , Rhodotorula, and Sporobolomyces, are incertae sedis with respect to familial placement.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 656. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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