Chaconiaceae

Chaconiaceae
Hemileia vastatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Chaconiaceae Cummins & Y.Hirats. (1983)
Type genus
Chaconia Juel (1897)
Genera
Achrotelium Aplopsora Botryorhiza Ceraceopsora Chaconia Goplana Maravalia Olivea Telomapea

The Chaconiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contains 8 genera and 75 species.^[1] Most species have a tropical distribution. Maravalia cryptostegiae has been used with success as a biocontrol agent against rubber vine in Australia.^[2]

References

1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
2. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal families of the world. Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 62. ISBN 0-85199-827-5. 

External links

• Chaconiaceae in MycoBank.