Kingdom Fungi Class Exobasidiomycetes | Division Basidiomycota Rank Order | |
Family Ceraceosoraceae
Denchev & R.T. Moore (2009) Genus Ceraceosorus
B.K.Bakshi (1976) Similar Exobasidiomycetes, Exobasidiales, Entorrhizomycetes, Kriegeriales, Ustilaginomycotina | ||
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 monotypic genus, Ceraceosorus. C. bombacis is a fungus that infects the tree Bombax ceiba in India. This economically important tree is used as lumber. Ceraceosorales was circumscribed in 2006; the family Ceraceosoraceae was validated in 2009. C. bombacis was originally described as Dicellomyces bombacis in 1973, but B.K. Bakshi transferred it to the newly described Ceraceosorus three years later.
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