''Sporidiobolus'' is a

genus 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 n ...

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 ...

found in the

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Sporidiobolaceae. It contains 8 species. It is one of the few

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 ...

within Basidiomycota that can reproduce asexually in yeast-form.

Species

*'' Sporidiobolus johnsonii'' *'' Sporidiobolus longiusculus'' *'' Sporidiobolus metaroseus'' *'' Sporidiobolus microsporus'' *'' Sporidiobolus pararoseus'' *'' Sporidiobolus ruineniae'' *'' Sporidiobolus ruineniae var. ruineniae'' *'' Sporidiobolus salmonicolor'' *'' Sporidiobolus veronae''

References

External links

Basidiomycota genera Sporidiobolales {{Basidiomycota-stub