''Tuberculina'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the
order
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...
Helicobasidiales.
The genus is a synonym of ''
Helicobasidium'', but currently species have not yet been assigned to the latter genus.
''Tuberculina'' species are
conidia
A conidium ( ; : conidia), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (: chlamydoconidia), is an asexual, non- motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also ...
-bearing parasites of
rust fungi
Rusts are fungal plant pathogens of the order Pucciniales (previously known as Uredinales) causing plant fungal diseases.
An estimated 168 rust genera and approximately 7,000 species, more than half of which belong to the genus ''Puccinia'', are ...
, forming felt-like, purple patches on their hosts.
Species
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Tuberculina africana''
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Tuberculina akatii''
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Tuberculina ampelophila''
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Tuberculina andina''
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Tuberculina apiculata''
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Tuberculina arechavaletae''
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Tuberculina argillacea''
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Tuberculina costaricana''
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Tuberculina davisiana''
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Tuberculina dorsteniae''
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Tuberculina flavogranulata''
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Tuberculina fusicina''
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Tuberculina guaranitica''
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Tuberculina hyalospora''
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Tuberculina jaffueli''
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Tuberculina japonica''
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Tuberculina jonesii''
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Tuberculina malvacearum''
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Tuberculina maxima''
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Tuberculina ovalispora''
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Tuberculina pallida''
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Tuberculina pamparum''
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Tuberculina paraguayensis''
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Tuberculina pelargonii''
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Tuberculina persicina''
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Tuberculina phacidioides''
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Tuberculina phyllachoricola''
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Tuberculina pirottae''
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Tuberculina portulacarum''
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Tuberculina praeandina
''Tuberculina'' is a genus of fungi in the order (biology), order Helicobasidiales. The genus is a synonym of ''Helicobasidium'', but currently species have not yet been assigned to the latter genus. ''Tuberculina'' species are conidia-bearing pa ...
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Tuberculina prosopidicola''
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Tuberculina ricini''
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Tuberculina rosae''
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Tuberculina sbrozzii''
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Tuberculina solanicola''
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Tuberculina solanina''
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Tuberculina talini''
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Tuberculina tweediana''
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Tuberculina umbrina''
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Tuberculina vinosa''
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Tuberculina viridis''
References
Basidiomycota genera
Pucciniomycotina
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