Class
Pucciniomycetes
Puccinia malvacearum. Photo: (c) Susan J. Hewitt, 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.
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