IMA Fungus 3(1): 39-43, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.05

The identity of Cintractia disciformis: reclassification and synonymy of a southern Asian smut parasitic on Carex sect. Aulocystis

Marcin Piatek^‡

‡ W.Szafer Institute of Botany, Krakow, Poland

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Citation: Piatek M (2012) The identity of Cintractia disciformis: reclassification and synonymy of a southern Asian smut parasitic on Carex sect. Aulocystis. IMA Fungus 3(1): 39-43. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.05

Abstract

The identity of a neglected smut fungus, Cintractia disciformis, described from Carex hirtella in the Western Himalaya, India is reassessed. The species is excluded from Cintractia and is confirmed as a distinct species of Anthracoidea. Two smuts, A. nepalensis on Carexnakaoana in Nepal, and A. haematostomae on Carex haematostoma in China, are similar morphologically and considered to be later heterotypic synonyms of Cintractia disciformis. The appropriate nomenclatural combination for this species, Anthracoidea disciformis comb. nov., is validated.

Keywords

Anthracoidea, Carex, Cintractia, Historical Collections, Smut Fungi, Taxonomy