The
Ceraceosorales are an
order of
smut fungi in the class
Exobasidiomycetes. It is a
monotypic order, consisting of a single
family, the
Ceraceosoraceae, which in turn contain a single monotypic genus,
Ceraceosorus.
C. bombacis is a fungus that infects the tree
Bombax ceiba in India. This economically important tree is used as lumber. Ceraceosorales was circumscribed in 2006; the family Ceraceosoraceae was validated in 2009.
C. bombacis was originally described as
Dicellomyces bombacis in 1973, but B.K. Bakshi transferred it to the newly described
Ceraceosorus three years later.