Anthracoideaceae

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. [...]