Class Tiliomycetes (Noun)
Meaning
Category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts).
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Class Tiliomycetes is an older category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales and Uredinales.
- The orders Ustilaginales and Uredinales collectively make up the Class Tiliomycetes in certain classification systems.
- Some taxonomy systems group smuts and rusts together in Class Tiliomycetes for their similarities.
- Classification of fungi sometimes utilizes Class Tiliomycetes as a means to organize the smuts and rusts orders.
- Ustilaginales and Uredinales are categorized under the Class Tiliomycetes in more traditional fungal taxonomy.