Gjaerumiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Exobasidiomycetes
Order:
Georgefischeriales
Family:
Gjaerumiaceae

R. Bauer, M. Lutz & Oberw.
Type genus
Gjaerumia
R. Bauer, M. Lutz & Oberw.
Species
  • Gjaerumia eremuri
  • Gjaerumia muscari
  • Gjaerumia ossifragi

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

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


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