Exobasidium Woronin
(redleaf fungi)

Exobasidium (redleaf fungi) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Exobasidium (redleaf fungi) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Subtaxon	Rank	No of interactions	No of references
Exobasidium arescens a redleaf fungus	Species	1 trophisms
Exobasidium camelliae Camellia Gall	Species	5 trophisms	1 references
Exobasidium expansum Northern Bilberry Redleaf	Species	1 trophisms
Exobasidium japonicum Azalea Gall	Species	7 trophisms
Exobasidium juelianum Dwarfing Redleaf	Species	1 trophisms
Exobasidium karstenii a redleaf fungus	Species	2 trophisms
Exobasidium myrtilli Blaeberry Redleaf	Species	2 trophisms
Exobasidium oxycocci a redleaf fungus	Species	2 trophisms
Exobasidium rhododendri a redleaf fungus	Species	3 trophisms
Exobasidium rostrupii a redleaf fungus	Species	2 trophisms
Exobasidium sydowianum Bearberry Redleaf	Species	1 trophisms
Exobasidium unedonis a redleaf fungus	Species	2 trophisms
Exobasidium vaccinii Cowberry Redleaf	Species	4 trophisms	1 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Exobasidium (redleaf fungi)
Family	EXOBASIDIACEAE (redleaf fungi)
Order	EXOBASIDIALES (an order of ustilaginomycetes)
Subclass	EXOBASIDIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
Class	USTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
Subphylum	USTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Exobasidium is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ustilaginomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Exobasidium (redleaf fungi)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ing, B.	1998	Exobasidium in the British Isles	Mycologist Vol 12 (2): 80-82.

Exobasidium (redleaf fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

EXOBASIDIACEAE
(redleaf fungi)

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Exobasidium (redleaf fungi):

EXOBASIDIACEAE
(redleaf fungi)

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 55 images of Exobasidium (redleaf fungi)

A group of basidiomycetes parasitic on members of the Ericaceae. They generally cause reddening of the infected leaf or shoot where the hymenium grows on the underside. Some species cause inflated galls.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Exobasidium is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)