Slooffia

Slooffia is a genus of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. Most species are known only from their yeast states.[1] Known hyphal states produce auricularioid (tubular and laterally septate) basidia, bearing basidiospores, and are parasitic on other fungi.[2]

Slooffia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Microbotryomycetes
Order: Heterogastridiales
Family: Heterogastridiaceae
Genus: Slooffia
Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
Type species
Slooffia tsugae
(Phaff & Carmo Souza) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
Species

Slooffia cresolica
Slooffia globosa
Slooffia micra
Slooffia pilatii
Slooffia tsugae
Slooffia velesii

References
  1. Wang Q, Yurkov AM, Göker M, Lumbsch HT, Leavitt SD, Groenewald M, Theelen B, Liu X, Boekhout T, Bai F (2016). "Phylogenetic classification of yeasts and related taxa within Pucciniomycotina". Studies in Mycology. 81: 149–189. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.002. PMC 4777780. PMID 26951631.
  2. Schoutteten N, Yurkov A, Leroux O, Haelewaters D, Van Der Straeten D, Miettinen O, Verbeken A (2023). "Diversity of colacosome-interacting mycoparasites expands the understanding of the evolution and ecology of Microbotryomycetes". Studies in Mycology. 106: 41–94. doi:10.3114/sim.2022.106.02.



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