Phylogenetic relationships within the fungal kingdom indicating the positions of the genera representing the smut, bunt and rust species

 

 

Consensus tree showing phylogenetic relationships among 33 fungi based on 18S rRNA gene sequence data (Berbee, M. and Taylor, J. 1993. Dating the evolutionary radiations of the true fungi. Can.J.Bot.71:1114-1127) 

 

 

 

 

Unrooted dendrogram representing phylogenetic relationships between 30 basidiomycetes. NJ analysis of LSU rDNA sequences. (Begerow, D., Bauer, R. and Oberwinkler, F. 1997. Phylogenetic studies on nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences of smut fungi and related taxa. Can.J.Bot.75:2045-2056)