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28 July 2016 Contribution to the smut fungi of Greece
Teodor T. Denchev, Cvetomir M. Denchev
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Abstract

After examination of specimens in the herbarium of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, eight species of smut fungi are reported for the first time from Greece: Microbotryum dianthorum on Dianthus viscidus, Sporisorium pulverulentum on Saccharum strictum, Tilletia fusca on Vulpia ciliata, T. lolii on Lolium temulentum, Urocystis dactylidina on Dactylis glomerata subsp. hackelii, U. johansonii on Juncus bufonius, U. ornithogali on Ornithogalum sp. and U. ulei on Festuca jeanpertii. Four species of smut fungi are recorded on new host plants making new fungus-host combinations: Microbotryum dianthorum on Dianthus viscidus, Tranzscheliella williamsii on Stipa isoldeae, Urocystis dactylidina on Dactylis glomerata subsp. hackelii and U. ulei on Festuca jeanpertii. Two plant species are reported as new hosts of smut fungi already known from Greece: Stipa isoldeae for Tranzscheliella williamsii, and Lygeum spartum for T. hypodytes. All ten species of smut fungi are illustrated. A description is also provided for Urocystis agropyri, recorded in Greece on Thinopyrum junceum.

Version of record first published online on 28 July 2016 ahead of inclusion in August 2016 issue.

© 2016 The Authors · This open-access article is distributed under the CC BY 4.0 licence
Teodor T. Denchev and Cvetomir M. Denchev "Contribution to the smut fungi of Greece," Willdenowia 46(2), 233-244, (28 July 2016). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.46.46204
Received: 4 January 2016; Accepted: 1 April 2016; Published: 28 July 2016
KEYWORDS
Dactylis glomerata subsp. hackelii
Dianthus viscidus
Festuca jeanpertii
Greece
Microbotryum
smut fungi
Sporisorium
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