''Anthracoidea'' is a genus of
smut fungi
The smuts are multicellular fungi characterized by their large numbers of teliospores. The smuts get their name from a Germanic word for dirt because of their dark, thick-walled, and dust-like teliospores. They are mostly Ustilaginomycetes (phyl ...
belonging to the family
Anthracoideaceae
The Anthracoideaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginales. Collectively, the family contains 20 genera and 198 species. Anthracoideaceae was circumscribed by the Bulgarian mycologist Cvetomir M. Denchev in 1997.
Genera
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
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Anthracoidea altera
''Anthracoidea'' is a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Anthracoideaceae
The Anthracoideaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginales. Collectively, the family contains 20 genera and 198 species. Anthracoideaceae was ci ...
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Anthracoidea altiphila''
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Anthracoidea americana''
References
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Ustilaginomycotina
Basidiomycota genera