New smut fungi (Ustilaginomycetes) from Australia

Abstract

Fourteen new species of smut fungi from Australia are described and illustrated: Cintractia bulbostylidis R.G. Shivas and K. Vánky (type on Bulbostylis barbota); C. lipocarphae K. and C. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Lipocarpha microcephala); Moreaua arthrostylidis K. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Arthrostylis aphylla); M. fimbristylidis K. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Fimbristylis dichotoma); Sporisorium gibbosum K. and C. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Digitaria gibbosa); S. nervosum K. and C. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Sehitna nervosum); S. operculatum K. and C. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Mnesithea formosa); S. queenslandicum K. and C. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Sehima newosum); S. whiteochloae K. Vánky and McKenzie (type on Whiteochloa cymbiformis); Tilletia chionachnes K. and C. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Chionachne cyathopodd); T. kimberleyensis K. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Chionachne cyalhopoda); T. lineata R.G. Shivas and K. Vánky (type on Arundinella nepalensis); T. whiteochloae R.G. Shivas and K. Vánky (type on Whiteochloa cymbiformis and W. capillipes); and Ustilago chloridis K. and C. Vánky and R.G. Shivas (type on Chloris lobata).