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MYCOBIOTA 2021

Volume 11

Validation of the generic names Meira and Acaromyces and nineteen species names of basidiomycetous yeasts

Cvetomir M. Denchev & Teodor T. Denchev
MYCOBIOTA 11: 1–10 (2021)
doi: https://doi.org/10.12664/mycobiota.2021.11.01
Published online: 03 April 2021
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Two generic names, Meira and Acaromyces, and nineteen species names of basidiomycetous yeasts, earlier proposed and invalidly published, are validated.

Acaromyces, basidiomycetous yeasts, Cystobasidium, Farysia, Farysizyma, Glaciozyma, Meira, Microsporomyces, Moniliella, new combination, new genera, new species, nomenclature, Occultifur, Rhodotorula

Contributions to the smut fungi of Africa. 7. First records of Tilletia brachypodii-ramosi and Ustilago constantineanui

Teodor T. Denchev & Cvetomir M. Denchev
MYCOBIOTA 11: 11–16 (2021)
doi: https://doi.org/10.12664/mycobiota.2021.11.02
Published online: 14 December 2021
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Two poorly known smut fungi are recorded for the first time from Africa: Tilletia brachypodii-ramosi on Brachypodium retusum (from Morocco) and Ustilago constantineanui on Sporobolus schoenoides (from Algeria). Descriptions and illustrations are provided for these taxa.

Africa, Algeria, Brachypodium retusum, Morocco, smut fungi, Sporobolus schoenoides, taxonomy, Tilletia brachypodii-ramosi, Ustilago constantineanui

First record of the genus Restiosporium (Websdaneaceae, Ustilaginales) outside Australasia: documenting R. spathacei in Thailand

Teodor T. Denchev & Cvetomir M. Denchev
MYCOBIOTA 11: 17–21 (2021)
doi: https://doi.org/10.12664/mycobiota.2021.11.03
Published online: 27 December 2021
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The genus Restiosporium consists of 21 species on hosts in the Restionaceae. It was known only from Australia and New Zealand. Restiosporium is reported here for the first time outside Australasia, based on a specimen of R. spathacei on Dapsilanthus disjunctus from Thailand. A description and illustrations are provided for this smut fungus. Dapsilanthus disjunctus is a new host plant for Restiosporium spathacei.

Australasia, Dapsilanthus disjunctus, Restionaceae, Restiosporium spathacei, smut fungi, taxonomy, Thailand, Websdaneaceae