Ceraceosorales
| Ceraceosorales | |
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| Order: | Ceraceosorales Begerow, M.Stoll & R.Bauer (2006) |
| Family: | Ceraceosoraceae Denchev & R.T. Moore (2009) |
| Genus: | Ceraceosorus B.K.Bakshi (1976) |
| Type species | |
| Ceraceosorus bombacis (B.K.Bashi) B.K.Bashi (1976) | |
The Ceraceosorales are an order of smut fungi in the class Exobasidiomycetes. It is a monotypic order, consisting of a single family, the Ceraceosoraceae, which in turn contain a single monotypic genus, Ceraceosorus. C. bombacis is a fungus that infects the tree Bombax ceiba in India. This economically important tree is used as an ornamental tree. Ceraceosorales was circumscribed in 2006; the family Ceraceosoraceae was validated in 2009. C. bombacis was originally described as Dicellomyces bombacis in 1973, but B.K. Bakshi transferred it to the newly described Ceraceosorus three years later.