• DOI:10.3767/003158512X660562
Corpus ID: 9736573

Soral synapomorphies are significant for the systematics of the Ustilago-Sporisorium-Macalpinomyces complex (Ustilaginaceae)

@article{McTaggart2012SoralSA,
  title={Soral synapomorphies are significant for the systematics of the Ustilago-Sporisorium-Macalpinomyces complex (Ustilaginaceae)},
  author={A. McTaggart and R. G. Shivas and A. Geering and B. Callaghan and K. Vánky and T. Scharaschkin},
  journal={Persoonia : Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi},
  year={2012},
  volume={29},
  pages={63 - 77}
}

A. McTaggart, R. G. Shivas, +3 authors T. Scharaschkin

Published 2012

Biology, Medicine

Persoonia : Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

The genera Ustilago, Sporisorium and Macalpinomyces are a polyphyletic complex of plant pathogenic fungi. The four main morphological characters used to define these genera have been considered homoplasious and not useful for resolving the complex. This study re-evaluates character homology and discusses the use of these characters for defining monophyletic groups recovered from a reconstructed phylogeny using four nuclear loci. Generic delimitation of smut fungi based on their hosts is also… CONTINUE READING

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