Kai Riess · @KaiRiess
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#Ceraceosorus africanus infecting leaves of #Bombax costatum, a new #smut fungus discovered in West #Africa (Benin, Ghana, Togo) by #Piątek and colleagues:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-016-0285-3
#biodiversity #evolution #Ceraceosorales #Fungi #Ustilaginomycotina #18S #28S #ITS #rDNA #RPB2 #TEF1
#TEF1 #RPB2 #RDNA #its #28s #18S #Ustilaginomycotina #fungi #Ceraceosorales #evolution #biodiversity #Piątek #africa #smut #Bombax #Ceraceosorus
Kai Riess · @KaiRiess
44 followers · 117 posts · Server digitalcourage.social
While #smut fungi (#Ustilaginomycotina) are typically parasites of #angiosperms, #Uleiella chilensis grows exclusively on cones of the monkey puzzle tree (#Auracaria araucana) in #Chile.
Within the smut fungi, the #Uleiellales have evolved as a distinct group.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0147107
#Uleiellales #chile #Auracaria #Uleiella #angiosperms #Ustilaginomycotina #smut