Chrysomyxa is a genus of rust fungi in the family Coleosporiaceae. The genus, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, contains about 23 species.[1] Rust fungi in the genus Chrysomyxa occur in boreal forests of the northern hemisphere on Pinaceae, (mostly Picea), and most species alternate to angiosperm hosts in the Ericaceae.[2]

Chrysomyxa
Chrysomyxa rhododendri on Norway spruce
Chrysomyxa rhododendri on Norway spruce
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Coleosporiaceae
Genus: Chrysomyxa
Unger (1840)
Type species
Chrysomyxa abietis
(Wallr.) Unger (1840)
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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

Former species;[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp. 140–1. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Crane, P.E. 2001. Morphology, taxonomy, and nomenclature of the Chrysomyxa ledi complex and related rust fungi on spruce and Ericaceae in North America and Europe. Can. J. Bot. 79:957–982.
  3. ^ a b "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Chrysomyxa". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b Cao, Jing; Tian, Chengming; Liang, Yingmei; You, Chongjuan (2017). "Two new Chrysomyxa rust species on the endemic plant, Picea asperata in western China, and expanded description of C. succinea". Phytotaxa. 292 (3): 218–230. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.292.3.2. ISSN 1179-3163.