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Mycosarcoma

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Mycosarcoma
Mycosarcoma maydis diploid teliospores
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Ustilaginales
Family: Ustilaginaceae
Genus: Mycosarcoma
Brefeld, 1912[1]
Type species
Mycosarcoma maydis
Brefeld, 1912
Species

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Mycosarcoma is a genus of fungus including Mycosocarma maydis (sometimes called Ustilago maydis), or 'corn smut fungus'. Mycosarcoma was an old retired genus name that was resurrected in 2016, based on new genetic evidence, to better organize species that were previously thought unrelated.[2] The six recognized species were in different genera originally until genetic testing showed their relations and they were reclassified as Mycosarcoma.[3]

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  1. ^ Brefeld, O. (1812). "Untersuchungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Mykologie". Die Brandpilze und die Brandkrankheiten. 15 (5). Münster: Commissions-Verlag v. H. Schöningh: 1–151.
  2. ^ McTaggart, Alistair R.; Shivas, Roger G.; Boekhout, Teun; Oberwinkler, Franz; Vánky, Kálmán; Pennycook, Shaun R.; Begerow, Dominik (December 2016). "Mycosarcoma (Ustilaginaceae), a resurrected generic name for corn smut (Ustilago maydis) and its close relatives with hypertrophied, tubular sori". IMA Fungus. 7 (2): 309–315. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.10. ISSN 2210-6359. PMC 5159601. PMID 27990337.
  3. ^ a b Sipiczki, Matthias (2020). "Mycosarcoma aegyptiacum sp. nov., an antagonistic polymorphic basidiomycetous yeast related to smut fungi". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (2): 1086–1092. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003879.