Platygloeales

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Platygloeales

order of fungi

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fungus
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Order Platygloeales Parasitic on mosses and other plants; pycnium (fruiting body of rusts) forms masses of hyphae inside mosses; example genera include Platygloea and Eocronartium. Order Pucciniales Parasitic on plants; typically have 5 spore stages and 2 alternate hosts; example genera include Puccinia and Uromyces.
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Order Platygloeales Parasitic on mosses and other plants; pycnium (fruiting body of rusts) forms masses of hyphae inside mosses; example genera include Platygloea and Eocronartium. Order Pucciniales Parasitic on plants; typically have 5 spore stages and 2 alternate hosts; example genera include Puccinia and Uromyces.
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