Exobasidiales

order of fungi

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The Exobasidiales are an order of fungi that are coextensive with the family Exobasidiaceae. This family comprises fungi that are parasitic on higher plants. They cause swollen thickenings on their host plants, which can resemble galls or false blossoms. The fungi produce their hymenium, a spore-bearing layer, as a thin coating on the surface of the host plant, without differentiation of a fruiting body. The primary genus within this family is Exobasidium. Fungi reproduce by forming and releasing spores, which can be produced through asexual or sexual reproduction.12345

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Order Exobasidiales Parasitic and pathogenic on vascular plants; lacking basidiocarps; basidia produced in a layer on the surface of parasitized plants; example genera include Exobasidium, Clinoconidium, and Dicellomyces. Order Georgefischeriales Parasitic on plants; holobasidia; may reproduce sexually in teleomorphic phase; example
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Order Exobasidiales Parasitic and pathogenic on vascular plants; lacking basidiocarps; basidia produced in a layer on the surface of parasitized plants; example genera include Exobasidium, Clinoconidium, and Dicellomyces. Order Georgefischeriales Parasitic on plants; holobasidia; may reproduce sexually in teleomorphic phase; example
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