Exobasidium

Exobasidium
Exobasidium rhododendri growing on Rhododendron hirsutum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Exobasidiomycetes
Order:	Exobasidiales
Family:	Exobasidiaceae
Genus:	Exobasidium Woronin
Type species
Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin
Species
See text
Synonyms
Arcticomyces Savile, 1959

Exobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Exobasidiaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate regions, and contains about 50 species.^[1] Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens that grow on Ericaceae. The comprising fungi are parasitic in nature, especially on various heath plants where they cause galls.^[2]

• Exobasidium arctostaphyli
• Exobasidium burtii
• Exobasidium camelliae
• Exobasidium cassandrae
• Exobasidium darwinii
• Exobasidium ferrugineae
• Exobasidium maculosum
• Exobasidium karstenii
• Exobasidium parvifolii
• Exobasidium reticulatum
• Exobasidium rhododendri
• Exobasidium splendidum
• Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin
• Exobasidium vaccinii-uliginosi
• Exobasidium vexans