Georgefischeriales

Jamesdicksonia brunkii on Dichanthium sericeum, from Roger Shivas. Scale bar = 5 mm.

Belongs within: Ustilaginomycotina.

The Georgefischeriales are a clade of smut fungi, most species of which occur on grasses.

Characters (from Bauer et al. 2001): Local interaction zones present; septa poreless. Haustoria or other intracellular fungal organs absent. Mostly on grasses; generally sporulating in vegetative part of host. Teliospore masses usually not powdery; sori usually not exposed by rupture of host tissues.

Georgefischeriales
    |  i. s.: ‘Tilletiopsis’ minor BB01
    |         ‘Entyloma’ majus BB01
    |         ‘Entyloma’ parvum BB01
    |--Eballistra Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [Eballistraceae] BB01
    |    |--*E. oryzae (Sydow & Sydow) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Entyloma oryzae Sydow & Sydow 1914] BB01
    |    |--E. brachiariae (Viégas) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Melanotaenium brachiariae Viégas 1944] BB01
    |    `--E. lineata (Cooke) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Ustilago lineata Cooke 1882, Entyloma lineatum] BB01
    |--Tilletiariaceae BB01
    |    |--Tilletiaria anomala BB01
    |    |--Tolyposporella chrysopogonis BB01
    |    |--Phragmotaenium Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 BB01
    |    |    `--*P. indicum (Vánky, Patil & Sharma) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 (see below for synonymy) BB01
    |    `--Tilletiopsis BB01
    |         |--T. flava BB01
    |         `--T. fulvescens BB01
    `--Georgefischeriaceae BB01
         |--Georgefischeria riveae BB01
         `--Jamesdicksonia Thirum., Pavgi & Payak 1960 BB01
              |--*J. obesa (Sydow & Sydow) Thirum., Pavgi & Payak 1960 BB01
              |--J. brunkii (Ellis & Galloway) Walker & Shivas 1998 BB01
              |--J. dactylidis (Pass.) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 (see below for synonymy) BB01
              |--J. eleochartis (Sawada) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 (see below for synonymy) BB01
              |--J. irregularis (Johanson) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Entyloma irregulare Johanson 1884] BB01
              |--J. ischaemiana (Thirum. & Pavgi) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 (see below for synonymy) BB01
              `--J. scirpicola (Thirum. & Dicks) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 (see below for synonymy) BB01

Jamesdicksonia dactylidis (Pass.) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Thecaphora dactylidis Pass. 1876, Entyloma dactylidis] BB01

Jamesdicksonia eleochartis (Sawada) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Ustilago eleocharidis Sawada 1943, Entyloma eleochartis, E. eleocharidis (l. c.)] BB01

Jamesdicksonia ischaemiana (Thirum. & Pavgi) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Melanotaenium ischaemianum Thirum. & Pavgi 1967] BB01

Jamesdicksonia scirpicola (Thirum. & Dicks) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Entyloma scirpicola Thirum. & Dicks 1949] BB01

*Phragmotaenium indicum (Vánky, Patil & Sharma) Bauer, Begerow et al. 2001 [=Melanotaenium indicum Vánky, Patil & Sharma 1997] BB01

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BB01] Bauer, R., D. Begerow, A. Nagler & F. Oberwinkler. 2001. The Georgefischeriales: A phylogenetic hypothesis. Mycological Research 105 (4): 416-424.