Entylomatales

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Entylomatales

order of fungi

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Order Entylomatales Parasitic and pathogenic on plants, causing rice leaf smut and dahlia smut; ballistospore-forming; example genera include Entyloma and Tilletiopsis. Order Exobasidiales Parasitic and pathogenic on vascular plants; lacking basidiocarps; basidia produced in a layer on the surface of parasitized plants; example genera
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Order Entylomatales Parasitic and pathogenic on plants, causing rice leaf smut and dahlia smut; ballistospore-forming; example genera include Entyloma and Tilletiopsis. Order Exobasidiales Parasitic and pathogenic on vascular plants; lacking basidiocarps; basidia produced in a layer on the surface of parasitized plants; example genera
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