Aizoago

Aizoago is a fungal genus in the family Ustilaginaceae. Circumscribed in 2013, it contains two species of smut fungi found in Australia. Aizoago tetragoniae grows on Tetragonia diptera, while A. tetragonioides grows on Tetragonia tetragonioides.[1]

Aizoago
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Ustilaginomycetes
Order:
Ustilaginales
Family:
Ustilaginaceae
Genus:
Aizoago

Vánky (2013)
Type species
Aizoago tetragoniae
Vánky & R.G.Shivas (2013)
Species

A. tetragoniae
A. tetragonioides

References
  1. Vánky K, Shivas RG. "Aizoago, a new genus, and two new species of smut fungi (Ustilaginales) on Tetragonia (Aizoaceae) in Australia". Mycobiota. 1: 1–7.
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