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Helicobasidiales
Helicobasidium purpureum causing violet root rot on carrots
Scientific 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

The Helicobasidiales are an order of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. 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.

References

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.

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