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. [...]
Moesziomyces Vánky Index Fungorum number: IF 16221; Mycobank number: MB 16221 Notes – The species of Moesziomyces are parasites on grasses but anamorphic stages were isolated as yeasts from plant surfaces. The sori of the parasitic species are in ovaries, covered by green later brown peridium of host tissue. The spores are arranged in many-spored balls, [...]
Moesziomyces bullatus (J. Schröt.) Vánky, Bot. Notiser 130(2): 133 (1977) Index Fungorum number: IF 317784; Mycobank number: MB 317784; Facesoffungi number: FoF 15929, Fig. 1 Parasitic on Echinochloa oryzoides. Infection local. Sori in single ovaries of infected plant, visible between spreading glumes, subglobose, broadly ellipsoidal or ovoid, 3–5×2–4 mm, covered by a thick greenish [...]
Sporisorium Ehrenb. ex Link, in Willdenow, Sp. pl., Edn 4 6(2): 86 (1825). Index Fungorum number: IF 16327; MycoBank number: MB 16327 Sporisorium is a grass-infecting genus of smut fungi. It is characterized by sori formed in different parts of the inflorescence or destroying the entire inflorescence, sometimes also comprising the upper part of [...]
Sporisorium anadelphiae-leptocomae T. Denchev, Denchev, Kemler, M.P. Martín & Begerow, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 558175; MycoBank number: MB 558175; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09652; Fig. 1. Etymology – The specific epithet refers to the host species. Holotype – SOMF 30250 Parasitic on Anadelphia leptocoma. Infection systemic. Sori destroying the racemes, 5–10 mm long, [...]