Biology:Slooffia

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Slooffia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Microbotryomycetes
Order: Heterogastridiales
Family: Heterogastridiaceae
Genus: Slooffia
Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
Type species
Slooffia tsugae
(Phaff & Carmo Souza) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
Species

Slooffia cresolica
Slooffia globosa
Slooffia micra
Slooffia pilatii
Slooffia tsugae
Slooffia velesii

Slooffia is a genus of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. Most species are known only from their yeast states.[1] Known hyphal states produce auricularioid (tubular and laterally septate) basidia, bearing basidiospores, and are parasitic on other fungi.[2]

References

  1. "Phylogenetic classification of yeasts and related taxa within Pucciniomycotina". Studies in Mycology 81: 149–189. 2016. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.002. PMID 26951631. 
  2. "Diversity of colacosome-interacting mycoparasites expands the understanding of the evolution and ecology of Microbotryomycetes". Studies in Mycology 106: 41–94. 2023. doi:10.3114/sim.2022.106.02. 


Wikidata ☰ Q96001301 entry