The first smut fungus, Thecaphora anthemidis sp. nov. (Glomosporiaceae), described from Anthemis (Asteraceae)
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Article Title | The first smut fungus, Thecaphora anthemidis sp. nov. (Glomosporiaceae), described from Anthemis (Asteraceae) |
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ERA Journal ID | 213729 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kruse, Julia (Author), Kummer, Volker (Author), Shivas, Roger G. (Author) and Thines, Marco (Author) |
Journal Title | MycoKeys |
Journal Citation | 41, pp. 39-50 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Pensoft Publishers |
Place of Publication | Sofia, Bulgaria |
ISSN | 1314-4049 |
1314-4057 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.41.28454 |
Web Address (URL) | https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=28454 |
Abstract | There are 63 known species of Thecaphora (Glomosporiaceae, Ustilaginomycotina), a third of which occur on Asteraceae. These smut fungi produce yellowish-brown to reddish-brown masses of spore balls in specific, mostly regenerative, plant organs. A species of Thecaphora was collected in the flower heads of Anthemis chia (Anthemideae, Asteraceae) on Rhodes Island, Greece, in 2015 and 2017, which represents the first smut record of a smut fungus on a host plant species in this tribe. Based on its distinctive morphology, host species and genetic divergence, this species is described as Thecaphora anthemidis sp. nov. Molecular barcodes of the ITS region are provided for this and several other species of Thecaphora. A phylogenetic and morphological comparison to closely related species showed that Th. anthemidis differed from other species of Thecaphora. Thecaphora anthemidis produced loose spore balls in the flower heads and peduncles of Anthemis chia unlike other flower-infecting species. |
Keywords | Glomosporiaceae, host specificity, internal transcribed spacer, molecular phylogenetics, smut fungi |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 310705. Mycology |
Public Notes | Copyright Julia Kruse et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Crop Health |
University of Potsdam, Germany | |
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4y3v/the-first-smut-fungus-thecaphora-anthemidis-sp-nov-glomosporiaceae-described-from-anthemis-asteraceae
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