The Microbotryales are an
order of
fungi
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in the
Microbotryomycetes
The Microbotryomycetes are class of fungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. Until recently, the class contained four orders: the Heterogastridiales, the Leucosporidiales, the Microbotryales, and the Sporidiobolales, ...
class of the
Basidiomycota.
[ The order contains 2 ]families
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, 9 genera, and 114 species.[ The order was circumscribed in 1997.][
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References
External links
Basidiomycota orders
Taxa named by Franz Oberwinkler
Taxa described in 1997
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