Kingdom Fungi Subdivision Pucciniomycotina Rank Class | Division Basidiomycota Higher classification Pucciniomycotina | |
Lower classifications Sporobolomyces, Sphacelotheca reiliana, Microbotryum | ||
The Microbotryomycetes are class of fungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. Until recently, the class contains four orders: the Heterogastridiales, the Leucosporidiales, the Microbotryales, and the Sporidiobolales, which contained a total of 4 families, 25 genera, and 208 species. The order Kriegeriales, containing two families, Kriegeriaceae and Camptobasidiaceae, was defined in 2012.
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