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Gjaerumia

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Gjaerumia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Order: Georgefischeriales
Family: Gjaerumiaceae
R. Bauer, M. Lutz & Oberw.
Genus: Gjaerumia
R. Bauer, M. Lutz & Oberw.
Species

The Gjaerumiaceae are a family of smut fungi in the Basidiomycota, class Exobasidiomycetes. The family is monotypic, and contains the single genus Gjaerumia. Species in the family are distributed in northern Europe, where they grow biotrophically in leaves of the bog asphodel.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 135–36. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.