Tiliomycetes (Noun)
Meaning
Category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts).
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Tiliomycetes is an outdated category used to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales and Uredinales, which are now classified as separate classes within the phylum Basidiomycota.
- The term Tiliomycetes was once used to describe a group of fungi that included both smuts and rusts, but this classification is no longer widely accepted.
- Some older classification systems group the Ustilaginales and Uredinales together as Tiliomycetes, reflecting their shared basidiomycetous characteristics.
- Tiliomycetes is an obsolete term that was previously used to describe a category of fungi that included the Ustilaginales and Uredinales, but has since been replaced by more modern classification systems.
- In some outdated classification systems, the Ustilaginales and Uredinales are grouped together as a single category called Tiliomycetes, reflecting their shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships.