Exoteliospora

The Exoteliospora is a monotypic, genus of smut fungi in the family Melanotaeniaceae which contains the single species Exoteliospora osmundae.[1]

Exoteliospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Ustilaginomycetes
Order:
Ustilaginales
Family:
Melanotaeniaceae
Genus:
Exoteliospora

R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky 1999
Type species
Exoteliospora osmundae
(Peck) R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky 1999
Synonyms
  • Ustilago osmundae Peck, Bot. Gaz. 6(10): 276 (1881)
  • Mycosyrinx osmundae (Peck) Sacc. & Trotter, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 23: 615 (1925)
  • Ustilago osmundae var. cinnamomeae Peck, Bull. N.Y. St. Mus. 157: 43 (1912)
  • Mycosyrinx osmundae var. cinnamomeae (Peck) Sacc. & Trotter [as 'osmundae-cinnamomeae'], Syll. fung. (Abellini) 23: 615 (1925)

The species found on the fronds of Osmunda regalis in Vermont, USA was originally described and published as Ustilago osmundae by American mycologist Peck in 1881,[2] before being renamed in 1999 by R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky.[1]

References
  1. Bauer, Robert; Franz Oberwinkler; Kálmán Vánky (Jul–Aug 1999). "Ustilaginomycetes on Osmunda". Mycologia. 91 (4): 669–675. doi:10.2307/3761254. JSTOR 3761254.
  2. Peck, Bot. Gaz. 6(10): 276 (1881)


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