The true smut fungiRobert Bauer, Dominik Begerow, and Franz
Oberwinkler This tree diagram shows the relationships between
several groups of organisms. The root of the current tree
connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing
group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching
point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in
the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several
descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes
and terminal taxa to the right. You can click on the root to
travel down the Tree of Life all the way to the root of all
Life, and you can click on the names of descendent subgroups to
travel up the Tree of Life all the way to individual
species.close box Note: The classification of Ustilaginomycotina
is being revised. The tree at the top of this page reflects the
current classification, whereas the following tree and the text
on this page reflect a prior classification. The class
Ustilaginomycetes comprises more than 1400 spec