The Helicobasidiales are an order of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina.[1] The order is currently monotypic, containing the single family Helicobasidiaceae which itself is monotypic, containing the single genus Helicobasidium. The anamorphic genus Tuberculina is a synonym of Helicobasidium, but species are not currently integrated in the latter genus.[2]

Helicobasidiales
Helicobasidium purpureum causing violet root rot on carrots
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Helicobasidiales
R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006)
Family: Helicobasidiaceae
P.M.Kirk (2008)
Type genus
Helicobasidium
Pat. (1885)
Genera

Helicobasidium
Tuberculina


References

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  1. ^ Bauer R, Begerow D, Sampaio JP, Weiss M, Oberwinkler F (2006). "The simple-septate basidiomycetes: a synopsis". Mycological Progress. 5 (1): 41–66. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0502-0.
  2. ^ Lutz M, Bauer R, Begerow D, Oberwinkler F (2004). "Tuberculina-Thanatophytum/Rhizoctonia crocorum-Helicobasidium: a unique mycoparasitic-phytoparasitic life strategy". Mycol Res. 108: :227-238. doi:10.1017/s0953756204009359. PMID 15185975.
 
Helicobasidium purpureum