Ustilaginoidea Bref., Unters. Gesammtgeb. Mykol. (Liepzig) 12: 194 (1895)

MycoBank number: MB 10364; Index Fungorum number: IF 10364; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13113; 15 morphological species (Tanaka et al. 2008), 3 species with sequence data.

Type species – Ustilaginoidea oryzae (Pat.) Bref.

Notes – This is a plant pathogenic genus. Tanaka et al. (2008) reported the holomorph and provided clear illustrations of the common rice disease caused by Ustilaginoidea virens . The genus infects grasses and produces dark, hard sclerotia and dark green or brown, subglobose conidia (White et al. 2003).

Species

  • Ustilaginoidea oryzae