The Sporidiobolales are an
order
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* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...
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, w ...
class 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 ...
.
[ The order contains a single ]family
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, the Sporidiobolaceae, which in turn contains seven 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 ...
and 83 species.[ Three of these genera, '']Aessosporon
''Aessosporon'' is a genus of Basidiomycota found in the family Sporidiobolaceae
The Sporidiobolales are an order of fungi in the Microbotryomycetes class of the Basidiomycota. The order contains a single family, the Sporidiobolaceae, which in ...
'', ''Rogersiomyces
''Rogersiomyces'' is an genus of Basidiomycota found in the family Hydnaceae.
The genus was circumscribed by J. Leland Crane and Jean Donze Schoknecht in Amer. J. Bot. vol.65 on page 903 in 1978.
The genus name of ''Rogersiomyces'' is in hono ...
'', and ''Sporidiobolus
''Sporidiobolus'' is a genus of Basidiomycota found in the family Sporidiobolaceae. It contains 8 species. It is one of the few genera
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'', are classified in the Sporidiobolaceae, while the remaining four, '' Ballistosporomyces'', '' Rhodosporidium'', '' Rhodotorula'', and ''Sporobolomyces
''Sporobolomyces'' is a fungal genus of uncertain familial placement in the order Sporidiobolales. Species in the genus are anamorphic yeasts. Teleomorphic forms are included in the genus '' Sporidiobolus''. Generic synonyms of ''Sporobolomyces'' ...
'', are ''incertae sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
'' with respect to familial placement.
References
Basidiomycota orders
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