Helicobasidiales

The Helicobasidiales are an order of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina.^[1] The order is currently monotypic, containing the single family Helicobasidiaceae which itself is monotypic, containing the single genus Helicobasidium. The anamorphic genus Tuberculina is a synonym of Helicobasidium, but species are not currently integrated in the latter genus.^[2]

Helicobasidiales
Helicobasidium purpureum causing violet root rot on carrots
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Helicobasidiales R.Bauer, Begerow, J.P.Samp., M.Weiss & Oberw. (2006)
Family:	Helicobasidiaceae P.M.Kirk (2008)
Type genus
Helicobasidium Pat. (1885)
Genera
Helicobasidium Tuberculina