Coleosporium

Coleosporium
Coleosporium tussilaginis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Coleosporiaceae
Genus:	Coleosporium Lév. (1847)
Type species
Coleosporium tussilaginis (Pers.) Lév. (1849)
Synonyms
Erannium Bonord. (1860) Stichopsora Dietel (1899) Synomyces Arthur

Coleosporium is a genus of rust fungi in the family Coleosporiaceae. The genus contains about 100 species.^[1]

Selected species

• Coleosporium asterum
• Coleosporium carneum
• Coleosporium clematidis
• Coleosporium clerodendri
• Coleosporium delicatulum
• Coleosporium eupatorii
• Coleosporium ipomoeae
• Coleosporium leptodermidis
• Coleosporium ligulariae
• Coleosporium perillae
• Coleosporium plectranthi
• Coleosporium plumeriae
• Coleosporium saussureae
• Coleosporium telekiae
• Coleosporium tussilaginis
• Coleosporium zanthoxyli

References

1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

External links

• Coleosporium in Index Fungorum.