Class
Pucciniomycetes
Calyptospora columnaris. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
The Pucciniomycetes (formerly known as the Urediniomycetes) are a class of fungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. The class contains 5 orders, 21 families, 190 genera, and 8016 species. It includes several important plant pathogens causing forms of fungal rust.