Christian Scheuer

TL;DR: Dothideomycetes comprise a highly diverse range of fungi characterized mainly by asci with two wall layers (bitunicate asci) and often with fissitunicate dehiscence, and it is hoped that by illustrating types they provide stimulation and interest so that more work is carried out in this remarkable group of fungi.

TL;DR: Inoculation experiments and observations in the field suggest that the basidiospores infect the freshly fallen leaves of G. biloba so that the life cycle is completed, and a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis suggests that the fungus belongs to the Agaricomycotina, clustering in an unresolved position at the basal branching of the group.

TL;DR: An older name introduced by Saccardo based on European material, Rhinotrichum griseum, is shown to resemble P. hyperparasitica, and an epitype is designated from the recent collections.

TL;DR: The fungus is distinctive because of its unique subterranean habitat, in clumps of irregularly interwoven, damaged mycorrhizal root tips of Picea abies, and especially because of the very reduced morphology of its apothecia and the verrucose ascospore wall ornament.

TL;DR: In total, 41 smut species belonging to 13 genera found on 41 host plant species have been recorded in Croatia.