The Microbotryomycetes are
class of
fungi in the
Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the
Basidiomycota
Basidiomycota () is one of two large divisions that, together with the Ascomycota, constitute the subkingdom Dikarya (often referred to as the "higher fungi") within the kingdom Fungi. Members are known as basidiomycetes. More specifically, Basi ...
. Until recently, the class contained four
orders: the
Heterogastridiales
The Heterogastridiales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota. The order contains a single family, the Heterogastridiaceae, which in turn contains five genera. Both the family and the order were circumscri ...
, the
Leucosporidiales
The Leucosporidiales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota. The order contains a single family, the Leucosporidiaceae, which in turn contains three genera and eight species. The order was circumscribed in 2003 ...
, the
Microbotryales, and the
Sporidiobolales
The Sporidiobolales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota. The order contains a single family, the Sporidiobolaceae, which in turn contains seven genera and 83 species. Three of these genera, '' Aessosporon'', ...
, which contained a total of 4
families, 25
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
, and 208
species.
The order
Kriegeriales
Kriegeriales is an order of Fungi that are mostly yeasts and can be found from a variety of places, ranging from arctic waters to tropical ferns.
Taxonomy
Most of the species now recognized as being members of Kriegeriales were for a long time p ...
, containing two families,
Kriegeriaceae and
Camptobasidiaceae, was defined in 2012.
References
Basidiomycota classes
Pucciniomycotina
Taxa named by Franz Oberwinkler
Taxa described in 2006
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