Genus

Flamingomyces

Species

ruppiae

Author

(Feldmann) R. Bauer, M. Lutz, Piatek, Vánky & Oberw., Mycological Research 111 (10): 1203 (2007)

Class

Ustilaginomycetes

Order

Urocystidales

Family

Urocystidaceae

Synonymy: ≡ Melanotaenium ruppiae Feldmann, Revue Générale de Botanique 66: 36 (1959)

Description

Flamingomyces R. Bauer, M. Lutz, Piatek, Vánky & Oberw., Mycological Research 111 (10): 1202 (2007)

Type nod marine species:

Flamingomyces ruppiae (Feldmann) R. Bauer, M. Lutz, Piatek, Vánky & Oberw., Mycological Research 111 (10): 1203 (2007)

≡ Melanotaenium ruppiae Feldmann, Revue Générale de Botanique 66: 36 (1959)

Index Fungorum number: 510842 Faceoffungi number: N/A

Sori developing in air chambers of the inner cortex of the stem and in air chambers on both sides of the median vein in the base of the leaves of the host. Spores (chalmydospores) 12-25 µm long, 12-13 µm in diam., globose or ovoid, often irregular in outline, dark fuscous black in mass.

Key references:

Bauer R, Lutz M, Piatek M, Vánky K, Oberwinkler F (2007). Flamingomyces and Parvulago, two new genera of ustilagomycotinous species from marine enviroment. Mycological Research. 111(10): 1199–1206.

Feldmann G (1959). Une ustilaginale marine, parasite du Ruppia maritima L. Revue Génerale de Botanique. 66:35–38.

Type & Location:

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Substratum:

Parasite of the angiosperm Ruppia maritima.

Habitat:

Distribution:

Known only from two localities in France.

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Comments:

NOTES: Melanotaenium ruppiae was initially described by Feldmann (1959) as a parasite of the marine angiosperm Ruppia maritima from France. Bauer et al. (2007) in a phylogenetic study showed that M. ruppiae did not group with other Melanotaenium species in the Ustilaginaceae, but was placed in the Urocystidaceae. Melanotaenium ruppiae is morphologically similar to Melanustilospora and Vankya. However, based on sequence data M. ruppiae it does not belong to Melanustilospora or to Vankya. M. ruppiae also differs from Melanustilospora and Vankya species in its parasitism on a member of the Ruppiaceae and marine habitat.

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