The Peribolosporomycetes are a class of fungi in the subdivision Ustilaginomycotina of the Basidiomycota. Species have been isolated from forest soils and are notably heat resistant and osmotolerant. They produce hyphae bearing conidia and chlamydospores in culture.[1]

Peribolosporomycetes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Ustilaginomycotina
Class: Peribolosporomycetes
Witfeld, M. A. Guerreiro, H.D.T. Nguyen, Begerow (2023)
Orders

Peribolosporales

References

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  1. ^ Witfeld F, Guerreiro MA, Nitsche F, Wang Q, Nguyen HD, Begerow D (2023). "Peribolosporomycetes class. nov.: description of a new heat resistant and osmotolerant basidiomycete lineage, represented by Peribolospora gen. nov., P. kevripleyi sp. nov., and P. baueri sp. nov". Mycol Progress. 22 (4). doi:10.1007/s11557-023-01879-4. S2CID 257669242.