Microstromatales

Microstromatales
Systematics
Empire : Mushrooms (fungi) Sub-kingdom : Dikarya Department : Stand mushrooms (Basidiomycota) Subdivision : Ustilaginomycotina Class : Exobasidiomycetes Order : Microstromatales
Scientific name
Microstromatales
R. Bauer & Oberw.

The Microstromatales are a group of smut fungi (Ustilaginomycotina) and like most smut fungi are parasites of plants .

Features and way of life

The representatives of this order are characterized by local interaction zones with the host without an interaction apparatus compared to the other orders. They do not form teliospores . The basidia grow outside through the host's stomata and release their spores on the leaf surface. The Microstromatales have simple septal pores .

Systematics

The Microstromatales belong to the Exobasidiomycetes . According to Begerow et al. (2006) they represent the sister taxon of the Malasseziales and are subdivided as follows:

• Microstromataceae
  • Microstroma
  • Rhodotorula bacarum ( anamorphic )
  • Rhodotorula phylloplana (anamorphic)
  • Sympodiomycopsis (anamorphic)
• Quambalariaceae have a simple doliporus.
  • Quambalaria (possibly anamorphic)
• Volvocisporiaceae have strongly septate basidiospores
  • Volvocisporium

supporting documents

• Robert Bauer, Franz Oberwinkler, Kálmán Vánky: Ultrastructural markers and systematics in smut fungi and allied taxa . Canadian Journal of Botany, Vol. 75, 1997, pp. 1273-1314.
• Dominik Begerow, Matthias Stoll, Robert Bauer: A phylogenetic hypothesis of Ustilaginomycotina based on multiple gene analyzes and morphological data . Mycologia, Vol. 98, 2006, pp. 906-916. doi : 10.3852 / mycologia.98.6.906

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DS Hibbett and 66 other authors: A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi . Mycological research, Vol. 111, 2007, pp. 509-547. PMID 17572334 (PDF; 1.3 MB)