Sporisorium magnusianum (Fischer von Waldheim) Vánky, 2007
Fungi, Basidiomycota, Microbotryomycetes, Microbotryales
on Setaria
gall
smut fungus; the ovaries are malformed, covered by sooty fungal spores.
hostplants
Poaceae, monophagous
Setaria pumila.
synonyms
Sphacelotheca magnusiana (Fischer von Waldheim) Ciferri, 1934
notes
This species is not mentioned in Vánky’s (1994a) book about the European smut fungi: it is Neotropical species (Vánky, 2007). It concerns a mis-identification of Macalpinomyces neglectus or Ustilago crameri, but the description by Dauphin & Aniotsbehere is too general to say more.
references
Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Vánky 2007. Taxonomic studies on Ustilaginomycetes 27. Mycotaxon 99: 1-70.
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