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Family of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Zaghouaniaceae are a family of rust fungus genera, some of which have long been considered incertae sedis in the order Pucciniales, based on the type genus Zaghouania. The classification of fungal taxa based on only morphological characteristics has long been recognised as problematical, so this order was reviewed over a long-term study using three DNA loci (including type species wherever possible) and published in 2021.[2]
Zaghouaniaceae | |
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spores of Hemileia vastatrix (bar = 20 µm) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
Order: | Pucciniales |
Family: | Zaghouaniaceae P. Syd. & Syd.[1] emend. Aime & McTaggart[2] |
Synonyms | |
In their 2021 review, Aime and McTaggart[2] included the following genera:
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