Tuberculina sbrozzii parasitizing the rust Puccinia cribrata on leaf of Vinca minor
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Pucciniomycetes
Order:
Helicobasidiales
Family:
Helicobasidiaceae
Genus:
Tuberculina Tode ex Sacc. (1880)
Type species
Tuberculina persicina
(Ditmar) Sacc. (1880)
Species
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Tuberculina is a genus of fungi in the order Helicobasidiales.[1] The genus is a synonym of Helicobasidium, but currently species have not yet been assigned to the latter genus.[2]Tuberculina species are conidia-bearing parasites of rust fungi, forming felt-like, purple patches on their hosts.[2]
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than one species. The species has a conidia-bearing anamorph in the Tuberculina persicina complex that is a parasite of rust fungi. Helicobasidium purpureum...
parasitic on rust fungi and are currently still referred to the genus Tuberculina. Species are opportunistic plant pathogens, causing violet root rot of...
monotypic, containing the single genus Helicobasidium. The anamorphic genus Tuberculina is a synonym of Helicobasidium, but species are not currently integrated...
occur in the H.longisporum complex, one in Europe (together with its Tuberculina anamorph) and one in Africa and the Americas (also with its anamorph)...
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