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Table 1 Spore size range, and mean spore sizes with standard deviation of Anthracoidea kenaica specimens examined in this study.

From: The identity of Cintractia carpophila var. kenaica: reclassification of a North American smut on Carex micropoda as a distinct species of Anthracoidea

Spore size range (µm)

Average spore size with standard deviation (µm)

Specimen

(14.5−)15.0–20.5(−21.5) × 12.0–17.5(−18.5)

18.1 ± 1.6 × 15.2±1.7

USA, Alaska, Kenai Peninsula, Head of PalmerCreekValley, 26 July 1951, J.A. Calder 6229 (DAOM 28108 — holotype)

17.0–20.5(−22.0) × 12.0–18.0(−20.5)

19.2±1.3 × 16.1 ±1.8

Same locality, date and collector (S F-36682 — isotype)

(14.0−)15.0–20.5(−21.0) × (11.5−)12.0–17.5(−18.5)

18.2±1.7 × 15.2 ± 1.8

USA, Alaska, St. Paul, Pribilof Island, 22 Aug. 1914, J.M. Macoun (DAOM 66925)

(14.5−)17.0–20.5(−22.0) × 13.5–18.5(−19.0)

18.5±1.2 × 15.9 ± 1.4

Canada, British Columbia, Bella Coola, Mt. Fougner, 23 Aug. 1956, J.A. Calder, J.A. Parmelee & R.L. Taylor (DAOM 70101)