#class_Basidiomycetes__Basidiomycetes  large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota
  supertype:  class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  subdivision_Basidiomycota
  member:  subclass_Homobasidiomycetes__Homobasidiomycetes  category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes
  member:  subclass_Heterobasidiomycetes__Heterobasidiomycetes  category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts
  member:  basidiomycete__basidiomycetous_fungi__basidiomycetousfungi  any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
  member:  order_Tremellales__Tremellales  fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic
     member:  family_Tremellaceae__Tremellaceae  a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally
        member:  genus_Tremella__Tremella  fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain
           member:  snow_mushroom__Tremella_fuciformis  popular in China and Japan and Taiwan; gelatinous mushrooms; most are dried
           member:  witches'_butter__Tremella_lutescens  a yellow jelly fungus
           member:  Tremella_foliacea  a jelly fungus with a fruiting body 5-15 cm broad and gelatinous in consistency; resembles a bunch of leaf lettuce; mostly water and brownish in color
           member:  Tremella_reticulata  a jelly fungus with an erect whitish fruiting body and a highly variable shape (sometimes resembling coral fungi)
     member:  family_Auriculariaceae__Auriculariaceae  fungi having gelatinous sporophores
        member:  genus_Auricularia__Auricularia  type genus of the Auriculariaceae
           member:  Jew's-ear__Jew's-ears__ear_fungus__Auricularia_auricula  widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood
     member:  family_Dacrymycetaceae__Dacrymycetaceae  a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
        member:  genus_Dacrymyces__Dacrymyces  type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
  member:  order_Auriculariales__Auriculariales  coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales
  member:  order_Uredinales__Uredinales  rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in
     member:  rust_fungus__rust  any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
     member:  family_Melampsoraceae__Melampsoraceae  rust fungi
        member:  genus_Melampsora__Melampsora  rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
           member:  flax_rust_fungus__flax_rust__Melampsora_lini  fungus causing flax rust
        member:  genus_Cronartium__Cronartium  rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns
           member:  blister_rust__blisterrust__Cronartium_ribicola  fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host
     member:  family_Pucciniaceae__Pucciniaceae  large important family of rust fungi
        member:  genus_Puccinia__Puccinia  type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants
           member:  wheat_rust__wheatrust__Puccinia_graminis  rust fungus that attacks wheat
        member:  genus_Gymnosporangium__Gymnosporangium__gymnosporangium  genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae
           member:  cedar-apple_rust__cedarapplerust__apple_rust__applerust__Gymnosporangium_juniperi-virginianae  rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc

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