IMA Fungus 8(1): 107-116, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.01.08
Anther smuts of Silene acaulis and S. uniflora in the Outer Hebrides, including an assessment of ITS genotypes of Microbotryum silenes-acaulis
expand article infoPaul A. Smith‡, Marcin Piatek§, Rebekka Ziegler|, Marcin Piątek
‡ University of Southampton, Highfield, Statistical Sciences Research Institute, Southampton§ W.Szafer Institute of Botany, Krakow, Poland| University of Tübingen, Plant Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Tübingen, Germany¶ W. Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Mycology, Kraków, Poland
© Paul Smith, Marcin Piatek, Rebekka Ziegler, Marcin Piątek.
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Citation: Smith PA, Piatek M, Ziegler R, Piątek M (2017) Anther smuts of Silene acaulis and S. uniflora in the Outer Hebrides, including an assessment of ITS genotypes of Microbotryum silenes-acaulis. IMA Fungus 8(1): 107-116. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.01.08
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Abstract
Anther smuts on Silene acaulis and S. uniflora from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK), are analysed using morphological and molecular techniques, and found to represent Microbotryum silenes-acaulis and M. silenes-inflatae, respectively. This is the frst identifcation of caryophyllaceous anther smuts in the Outer Hebrides according to modern species concepts and the frst report of Microbotryum silenes-acaulis confrmed by molecular analysis from the British Isles. Additionally, the genetic structure of Microbotryum silenes- acaulis, based on all currently available ITS sequences, is analysed and discussed. Seven ITS genotypes are determined for Microbotryum silenes-acaulis, including three genotypes in North America and four genotypes in Europe. Compared to European accessions, all North American accessions share specifc nucleotides and are genetically divergent.
Keywords
arctic and alpine fungi, Basidiomycota, genotypes, Microbotryum, molecular phylogenetics, plant pathogens, Ustilaginales