Uleiellaceae
| Uleiellaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Ustilaginomycetes |
| Order: | Ustilaginales |
| Family: | Uleiellaceae Vánky (2001) |
| Type species | |
| Uleiella paradoxa J.Schröt. (1894)
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The Uleiellaceae are a family of smut fungi in the order Ustilaginomycetes. The family contains the single genus Uleiella, which has two species.
The genus was circumscribed by Joseph Schröter in Hedwigia vol.33 Beibl.: 65 in 1894.
The genus name of Uleiella is in honour of Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (1854–1915), who was a German botanist and plant collector.