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Ceratobasidiales is an order of basidiomycete fungi. The telemorphs, which have fruitbodies and produce spores are listed here, but many of the anamorphs, which do not reproduce sexually, are serious plant pathogens.

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Rhizanthella gardneri - Article from Wikipedia on the Western Underground Orchid from Australia which relies on the mycorrhiza of the fungus Thanatephorus gardneri to provide its energy. Seedling Blight of Longleaf Pine - Photograph of four pine seedlings variously affected by Ceratobasidium spp. Rhizoctonia solani - Article from Wikipedia explaining how this plant pathogen does not produce spores but has a teleomorph, Thanatephorus cucumeris, which produces club-shaped basidia. Rice Sheath Blight: Thanatephorus cucumeris - Photograph of lodged rice affected by this fungus. Thanatephorus cucumeris - Photograph showing leaves of cowpea infected by Thanatephorus cucumeris.

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