Class
Pucciniomycetes
Gymnotelium blasdaleanum. Photo: (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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.