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Slooffia

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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

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]

References

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  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. hdl:1854/LU-01H626KK7BWSCW3YZFRMZ8X69G.