Articles by Taxonomic Novelty
Centrolepidosporium sclerodermum, gen. et sp. nov. (Ustilaginomycetes) from Australia
Mycologia Balcanica 4: 1-4 (2007)
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2477879
Published online: 20 June 2007
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2477879
Published online: 20 June 2007
A new genus, Centrolepidosporium, is proposed to accommodate a new smut fungus, C. sclerodermum, collected in Australia on Centrolepis exserta. The new species is unique in that it produces tightly packed spores in spore balls surrounded by a cortex of sterile cells. This is the first report of a smut fungus on the plant family Centrolepidaceae.