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MB515499
Tilletia spinulosa Vánky, C. Vánky, R.G. Shivas & McTaggart 2009  
Bibliography:Vánky, K.; Shivas, R.G.; McTaggart, A.R.; Vánky, C.; Arce, W.A., 2009, Mycologia Balcanica 6(3): 101 (more info)
Year of publication:2009
Status of the name:basionym; legitimate
MycoBank's opinion:currently used
Classification:Fungi, Basidiomycota, Ustilaginomycotina, Exobasidiomycetes, Exobasidiomycetidae, Tilletiales, Tilletiaceae, Tilletia
Obligate synonym(s):none
Morphic status:Teleomorph (anamorph connection(s) unknown or not recorded)
Taxonomic synonym(s):
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none
Descriptions:
Latin diagnosis

Sori in ovariis omnibus inflorescentiae contaminatae, ellipsoidales cum apice breve acuto, 0,5-0,8 x 1-1,3 mm, involucris floralibus partim absconditi et pericarpio atrobrunneo cooperti, quo rupto massam nigrobrunneam, pulveream sporarum et cellularum sterilium ostendentes. Sporae globosae vel subglobosae, 21-24 × 21-24 µm, pallide usque atrobrunneae; pariete 3,5-4,5 µm crasso spinis 2,5-3,5(-4) µm altis inclusus, involucro hyalino coopertae. Sporae spinis 29-36 circumdantibus, in SEM sicut verrucis dense situatis apparentibus. Cellulae steriles globosae, ovoideae, ellipsoidales, 8-13 × 9,5-15 µm, hyalinae, pariete 1,5-2 µm crasso, levi vel majores et cum vestigiis ornamentorum.

Original description

Sori in all ovaries of an infected inflorescence, ellipsoidal with a short acute tip, 0.5-0.8 x 1-1.3 mm, partly hidden by the floral envelopes and covered by a dark brown pericarp which ruptures disclosing the blackish brown, powdery mass of spores and sterile cells. Spores globose or subglobose, 21-24 × 21-24 µm, pale to dark olivaceous brown; wall 3.5-4.5 µm thick including the 2.5-3.5(-4) µm high spines, embedded in a hyaline sheath. Spines 29-36 on the spore circumference, in SEM appearing as densely situated warts. Sterile cells globose, ovoid, ellipsoidal, 8-13 × 9.5-15 µm, hyaline, wall 1.5-2 µm thick, smooth or with a trace of ornamentation.
Date entered:12/11/2009 11:43:09
Date of release:08/02/2010 08:39:42
Entered by:Mr. Kálmán Vánky
HUV, Germany
Type specimen


Description: MBSPEC 50379
Herbarium number:Holotypus in H.U.V. 21 658, isotypi in LPB et in BRIP 52 750.
Collected by:R.G. & M.D.E. Shivas, A. McTaggart, W.A. Arce, C. & K. Vánky, 26 April 2009
Substrate:Muhlenbergia peruviana (P. Beauv.) Steud.
Location:Bolivia, Dept. La Paz, 9 km SE urbe Copacabana, alt. 4178 m.