Taxonomic revision of Ustilago, Sporisorium and Macalpinomyces

A R McTaggart; R G Shivas; A D W Geering; K Vánky; T Scharaschkin

doi:10.3767/003158512X661462

Taxonomic revision of Ustilago, Sporisorium and Macalpinomyces

Persoonia. 2012 Dec:29:116-32. doi: 10.3767/003158512X661462. Epub 2012 Dec 17.

Authors

A R McTaggart¹, R G Shivas, A D W Geering, K Vánky, T Scharaschkin

Affiliation

¹ Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, GPO Box 5012, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia; corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] . ; Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. ; EEBS, Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. ; Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.

Abstract

Morphological characters within the Ustilago-Sporisorium-Macalpinomyces complex are defined explicitly. The genera Sporisorium and Anthracocystis are emended to reflect morphological synapomorphies. Three new genera, Langdonia, Stollia and Triodiomyces are described based on soral synapomorphies and host classification. The new classification of the Ustilago-Sporisorium-Macalpinomyces complex incorporates 142 new taxonomic combinations.

Keywords: Ustilaginaceae; Ustilaginomycotina; smut fungi; systematics; taxonomy.