Anthracoidea Bref. Notes – Anthracoidea comprises 117 species (Denchev et al. 2023a; Kemler et al. 2024). During a collection trip held in Quebec, and an examination of Carex specimens from the herbaria of the New York Botanic Garden (NY) and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E), a smut fungus belonging to the genus Anthracoidea [...]
Anthracoidea siccatae T. Denchev, Denchev, Lév.-Bourret & Kemler, in Cao et al., Fungal Diversity 132: 627 (2025) Index Fungorum number: IF 901732; MycoBank number: MB 901732; Facesoffungi number: FoF 15566; Figs. 1, 2 Etymology – The specific epithet is derived from the host plant, Carex siccata. Holotype – SOMF 31455. Parasitic on Carex siccata. [...]
Puccinia shojiana Jing X. Ji & Kakish., in Cao et al., Fungal Diversity 132: 625 (2025) Index Fungorum number: IF 850297; MycoBank number: MB 850297; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14965; Fig. 1 Basionym – Aecidium akebiae Henn., Hedwigia Beiblätter 39: 154, 1900 [MB 226281]. Heterotypic synonym – Puccinia cymbiformis F. He & Kakish., Transactions of [...]
Puccinia philadelphi (Dietel) Jing X. Ji & Kakish., in Cao et al., Fungal Diversity 132: 624 (2025) Index Fungorum number: IF 850295; MycoBank number: MB 850295; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14967; Fig. 1 Basionym – Aecidium philadelphi Dietel, Annales Mycologici 12 (1): 85, 1914 [MB 173969]. Heterotypic synonym – Puccinia hikawaensis Hirats. f. & S. [...]
Puccinia hydrangeicola (Henn.) Jing X. Ji & Kakish., in Cao et al., Fungal Diversity 132: 622 (2025) Index Fungorum number: IF 850296; MycoBank number: MB 850296; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14968; Fig. 1 Basionym – Aecidium hydrangeicola Henn., Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28 (2): 264, 1900 [MB 631419]. Obligate synonym – Aecidium [...]
Puccinia hamamelidis (Dietel) Jing X. Ji & Kakish., in Cao et al., Fungal Diversity 132: 621 (2025) Index Fungorum number: IF 850294; MycoBank number: MB 850294; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14966; Fig. 1 Basionym – Aecidium hamamelidis Dietel, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 27: 571, 1899 [MB 244817]. Homotypic synonym – Novopuccinia hamamelidis [...]
Puccinia Pers. Notes – The genus Puccinia was described by Persoon (1801), but its description was simple and rough. Cummins and Hiratauka (2003) described this genus as follows: Spermogonia subepidermal, group V (type 4). Aecia subepidermal, erumpent, either Aecidium-type with peridium and catenulate and verrucose spores or Uredo-type with mostly echunulate spores borne singly [...]
Russula pseudovirescens N. Roy, A.K. Dutta & Tanti, in Cao et al., Fungal Diversity 132: 615 (2025) Index Fungorum number: IF 851248; MycoBank number: MB 851248; Facesoffungi number: FoF 15275; Figs. 1, 2, 3 Etymology – “pseudovirescens” refers to the morphological similarity to R. virescens. Holotype – GUBH 20322. Pileus small to medium-sized, 42–65 [...]
Russula guilinensis R.L. Zhao, B. Cao & S.Hui Wang, in Cao et al., Fungal Diversity 132: 613 (2025) Index Fungorum number: IF 571919; Mycobank number: MB 571919; Facesoffungi number: FoF 17145; Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Etymology – refers to Guilin Municipality, the locality of the type specimen. Holotype – HMAS 287503. [...]
Russula gaoligongensis R.L. Zhao, B. Cao & S.Hui Wang, in Cao et al., Fungal Diversity 132: 610 (2025) Index Fungorum number: IF 571918; Mycobank number: MB 571918; Facesoffungi number: FoF 17144; Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Etymology – refers to Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, the locality of the type specimen. Holotype – [...]