1. New records of Microbotryum (Microbotryaceae) from the Balkan Peninsula
- Author
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Teodor T. Denchev, M Cvetomir Denchev, and Boris Assyov
- Subjects
bulgaria ,biology ,greece ,crete ,microbotryaceae ,Plant Science ,smut fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,Archaeology ,croatia ,Balkan peninsula ,Geography ,bosnia and herzegovina ,QK900-989 ,Microbotryum ,Microbotryaceae ,Plant ecology - Abstract
Seven smut fungi belonging to the genus Microbotryum are reported for the first time from the following Balkan countries: M. heliospermatis, M. piperi, M. scabiosae, M. silenes-dioicae, and M. silenes-saxifragae from Bulgaria, M. reticulatum, M. silenes-saxifragae, and M. stygium from Greece, and M. silenes-saxifragae from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The finding of M. piperi represents the first Balkan record of this smut fungus which, elsewhere in Europe, is only known from the French Pyrenees and the Italian Alps. The finding of M. stygium in Crete considerably extends its distribution in Europe. Rumex tuberosus subsp. creticus is reported as a new host for M. stygium.
- Published
- 2021