| Aecidium | |
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| Aecidium magellanicum growing on the bush Berberis microphylla | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Aecidium |
| Type species | |
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Aecidium berberidis Pers. ex J.F.Gmel. (1792) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hypodermium subgen. Aecidium (Pers.) Link (1816) |
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Hypodermium subgen. Aecidium (Pers.) Link (1816)
Symperidium Klotzsch (1843)
Aecidium is a genus of rust fungi in the Pucciniales order. The widespread genus is estimated to contain about 600 species.