IMA Fungus 5(2): 195-202, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.03
Online identification guides for Australian smut fungi (Ustilaginomycotina) and rust fungi (Pucciniales)
Roger G. Shivas‡, Dean R. Beasley‡, Alistair R. Mctaggart‡‡ Plant Pathology Herbarium, Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Brisbane, Australia
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Shivas RG, Beasley DR, Mctaggart AR (2014) Online identification guides for Australian smut fungi (Ustilaginomycotina) and rust fungi (Pucciniales). IMA Fungus 5(2): 195-202. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.03 |  |
Abstract
Interactive identification keysforAustralian smutfungi (Ustilaginomycotina and Pucciniomycotina, Microbotryales) and rust fungi (Pucciniomycotina, Pucciniales) are available online at http://collections.daff.qld.gov.au. The keys were built using Lucid software, and facilitate the identification of all known Australian smut fungi (317 species in 37 genera) and 100 rust fungi (from approximately 360 species in 37 genera). The smut and rust keys are illustrated with over 1,600 and 570 images respectively. The keys are designed to assist a wide range of end-users including mycologists, plant health diagnosticians, biosecurity scientists, plant pathologists, and university students. The keys are dynamic and will be regularly updated to include taxonomic changes and incorporate new detections, taxa, distributions and images. Researchers working with Australian smut and rust fungi are encouraged to participate in the on-going development and improvement of these keys.
Keywords
Australia, Key, Lucid, Morphology, Uredinales, Taxonomy, Ustilaginales