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Table 1 Recommended generic names of Pucciniomycotina among sexual-asexual names that compete for use. The recommended name is in bold; see text for the rationale behind these recommendations. For each generic name this list provides the author, its date and place of publication, type species of the genus, its basionym, their dates of publication and the currently accepted name, if different. The action required is indicated in the last column such as approval by the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi (NCF) for those generic names that do not have priority and thus need protection.

From: Competing sexual and asexual generic names in Pucciniomycotina and Ustilaginomycotina (Basidiomycota) and recommendations for use

Recommended generic name

Synonymous alternate morph generic name(s)

Action required

Basidiopycnis Oberw. et al. in Mycologia 98: 639. 2006.

Basidiopycnides J. Reid et al. in Mycotaxon 103: 285. 2008.

None.

Type: B. hyalina Oberw. et al. 2006.

Type: B. albertensis J. Reid et al. 2008, now regarded as Basidiopycnis hyalina Oberw. et al. 2006.

 

Blastospora Dietel in Ann. Mycol. 6: 222. 1908.

Pelastoma M. Salazar et al. in Mycologia 104: 116. 2012.

None.

Type: B. smilacis Dietel 1908.

Type: P. juruensis (Henn.) M. Salazar et al. 2012, basionym: Uredo juruensis Henn. 1904, now regarded as Blastospora juruensis (Henn.) Aime & Rossman 2018.

 

Camptobasidium Marvanová & Suberkr. in Mycologia 82: 209. 1990.

Crucella Marvanová & Suberkr., Mycologia 82: 212, 1990.

None.

Type: C. hydrophilum Marvanová & Suberkr. 1990.

Type: C. subtilis Marvanová & Suberkr. 1990, now regarded as Camptobasidium hydrophilum Marvanová & Suberkr. 1990.

 

Classicula R. Bauer et al. in Mycologia 95: 757. 2003.

Naiadella Marvanová & Bandoni in Mycologia 79: 579. 1987.

Protection needed by NCF.

Type: C. fluitans et al. 2003.

Type: N. fluitans Marvanová & Bandoni 1987, now regarded as Classicula fluitans R. Bauer et al. 2003.

 

Cronartium Fr., Observ. Mycol. 1: 220. 1815.

Endocronartium Y. Hirats. in Canad. J. Bot. 47: 1493. 1969.

None.

Type: C. asclepiadeum (Willd.) Fr. 1815, basionym: Erineum asclepiadeum Willd. 1806, now regarded as Cronartium flaccidum (Alb. & Schwein.) G. Winter 1880.

Type: E. harknessii (J.P. Moore) Y. Hirats. 1969, basionym: Peridermium harknessii J.P. Moore 1884, now regarded as Cronartium harknessii (J.P. Moore) E. Meinecke 1920.

 

Elateraecium Thirum. et al. in Mycologia 58: 394. 1966.

Hiratsukamyces Thirum. et al. Sydowia 27: 80, 1975.

None.

Type: E. salaciicola Thirum. et al. 1966.

Type: H. salaciicola Thirum. et al. 1975, now regarded as Elateraecium salaciicola Thirum. et al. 1966.

 

Gerwasia Racib. in Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math. 3: 270. 1909.

Morispora Salazar-Yepes et al. in Caldasia 29: 108. 2007.

None.

Type: G. rubi Racib. 1909.

Type: M. tenella (H.S. Jacks. & Holw.) Salazar-Yepes et al. 2007, basionym: Mainsia tenella H.S. Jacks. & Holw. 1931, now regarded as Gerwasia tenella (H.S. Jacks. & Holw.) Buriticá 1994.

 

Gymnosporangium R. Hedw. ex DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., ed. 3 2: 216. 1805.

Roestelia Rebent., Prodr. fl. neomarch.: 350. 1804.

Protection needed by NCF.

Type: G. fuscum DC. 1805, now regarded as Gymnosporangium sabinae (Dicks.) G. Winter 1884.

Type: R. cancellata (Pers.) Rebent. 1804, basionym: Aecidium cancellatum Pers. 1792, now regarded as Gymnosporangium sabinae (Dicks.) G. Winter 1884.

 

Helicobasidium Pat. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 172. 1885.

Thanatophytum Nees, Syst. Pilze: 148. 1816.

Protection needed by NCF.

Type: H. purpureum (Tul.) Pat. 1885, basionym: Hypochnus purpureus Tul. 1865.

Type: T. crocorum (Pers.) Nees 1816, basionym: Sclerotium crocorum Pers. 1801, now regarded as Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat. 1885.

Tuberculina Tode ex Sacc. in Michelia 2: 34. 1881. Type: T. persicina (Ditmar) Sacc. 1881, basionym: Tubercularia persicina Ditmar 1817, now regarded as Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat. 1885.

 

Hyalopycnis Höhn. in Hedwigia 60: 152. 1918.

Heterogastridium Oberw. & R. Bauer in Mycologia 82: 57. 1990.

None.

Type: H. hyalina Höhn. 1918, now regarded as Heterogastridium pycnidioideum Oberw. & R. Bauer 1990.

Type: H. pycnidioideum Oberw. & R. Bauer 1990.

 

Kriegeria Bres. in Rev. Mycol. (Toulouse) 13: 14. 1891.

Xenogloea Syd. & P. Syd. in Ann. Mycol. 17: 44. 1919.

None.

Type: K. eriophori Bres. 1891.

Type: X. eriophori (Bres.) Syd. & P. Syd. 1919, basionym: Kriegeria eriophori Bres. 1891.

Zymoxenogloea D.J. McLaughlin & Doublés in Mycologia 84: 671. 1992. Type: Z. eriophori D.J. McLaughlin & Doublés 1992, now regarded as Kriegeria eriophori Bres. 1891.

 

Kuehneola Magnus in Bot. Centralbl. 74: 169. 1898.

Spirechina Arthur in J. Mycol. 13: 30. 1907.

None.

Type: K. albida (J.G. Kühn) Magnus 1898, basionym: Chrysomyxa albida J.G. Kühn 1883, now regarded as Kuehneola uredinis (Link) Arthur 1906.

Type: S. loeseneriana (Henn.) Arthur 1907, basionym: Uredo loeseneriana Henn. 1898, now regarded as Kuehneola loeseneriana (Henn.) H.S. Jacks. & Holw. 1931.

 

Melampsorella J. Schröt. in Hedwigia 13: 85. 1874.

Peridermium (Link) J.C. Schmidt & Kunze in Deutschl. Schwämme 6: 4. 1817, basionym: Hypodermium subgen. Peridermium Link 1816.

Protection needed by NCF.

Type: M. caryophyllacearum (DC.) J. Schröt. 1874, basionym: Uredo caryophyllacearum DC. 1805.

Type: Aecidium elatinum Alb. & Schwein. 1805, now regarded as Melampsorella caryophyllacearum (DC.) J. Schröt. 1874.

 

Milesina Magnus in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 27: 325. 1909.

Milesia F.B. White in Scott. Nat. 4: 162. 1878.

Protection needed by NCF.

Type: M. kriegeriana (Magnus) Magnus 1909, basionym: Melampsorella kriegeriana Magnus 1901.

Type: M. polypodii F.B. White 1878, now regarded as Milesina polypodii (F.B. White) Aime & Rossman 2018.

 

Phragmidium Link in Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. 7: 30. 1816.

Aregma Fr., Observ. Mycol. 1: 22., 1815.

Protection needed by NCF.

Type: P. mucronatum (Pers.) Schltdl. 1824, basionym: Puccinia mucronata Pers. 1794.

Type: A. obtusatum Fr. 1832, now regarded as Phragmidium fragariae (DC.) G. Winter 1884, basionym: Puccinia fragariae DC., 1808.

Lecythea Lév. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 8: 373. 1847. Type: L. miniata (Pers.) Lév. 1847, basionym: Uredo miniata Pers. 1801, now regarded as Phragmidium mucronata (Pers.) Schltdl. 1824.

 

Prospodium Arthur in J. Mycol. 13: 31. 1907.

Canasta A.A. Carvalho & J.F. Hennen in Mycologia 102: 1096. 2010.

None.

Type: P. appendiculatum (G. Winter) Arthur 1907, basionym: Dicaeoma appendiculata Kuntze 1898.

Type: C. cruscula A.A. Carvalho & J.F. Hennen 2010, now regarded as Prospodium cruscula (A.A. Carvalho & J.F. Hennen) Aime & Rossman 2018.

 

Puccinia Pers. in Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 118. 1794.

Aecidium Pers., Observ. Mycol. 1: 97. 1796.

None.

Type: P. graminis Pers. 1794.

Type: A. berberidis Pers. 1796, now regarded as Puccinia graminis Pers. 1794.

Caeoma Link in Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. 3: 5. 1809. Type: C. berberidis (Pers.) Har. 1809, basionym: Aecidium berberidis Pers. 1792, now regarded as Puccinia graminis Pers. 1794.

 

Rhodotorula F.C. Harrison in Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, ser. 3 21: 349. 1927.

Chromotorula F.C. Harrison in Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, ser. 3 21: 350. 1927.

None.

Type: R. glutinis (Fresen.) F.C. Harrison 1928.

Type: C. kitae F.C. Harrison 1927.

Rhodosporidium Banno in J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 13: 192. 1967. Type: R. toruloides Banno 1967, now regarded as Rhodotorula toruloides (Banno) Q.M. Wang et al. 2015.

 

Septobasidium Pat. in J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 63. 1892.

Johncouchia S. Hughes & Cavalc. in Canad. J. Bot. 61: 2226. 1983.

None.

Type: S. velutinum Pat. 1892.

Type: J. mangiferae (Bat.) S. Hughes & Cavalc. 1983, basionym: Cladotrichum mangiferae Bat. 1956, now regarded as Septobasidium pilosum Boedijn & B.A. Steinm. 1930.

 

Sporobolomyces Kluyver & C.B. Niel in Centralbl. Bakteriol., 2 Abt. 2: 63. 1924.

Aessosporon Van der Walt in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 36: 54. 1970.

Protection needed by NCF.

Type: S. salmonicolor (B. Fisch. & Brebeck) Kluyver & C.B. Niel 1924, basionym: Blastoderma salmonicolor B. Fisch. & Brebeck 1894.

Type: A. salmonicolor Van der Walt 1970, now regarded as Sporobolomyces salmonicolor (B. Fisch. & Brebeck) Kluyver & C.B. Niel 1924.

 
 

Blastoderma B. Fisch. & Brebeck, in Fischer, Morph.

Syst.: 47. 1894.

Type: B. salmonicolor B. Fisch. & Brebeck 1894, now regarded as Sporobolomyces salmonicolor (B. Fisch. & Brebeck) Kluyver & C.B. Niel 1924.

Rhodomyces Wettst. in Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 91: 39. 1885.

Type: R. kochii Wettst. 1885, now regarded as Sporobolomyces salmonicolor (B. Fisch. & Brebeck) Kluyver & C.B. Niel 1924.

Sporidiobolus Nyland in Mycologia 41: 686. 1950. Type: S. johnsonii Nyland 1950, now regarded as Sporobolomyces johnsonii (Nyland) Q.M. Wang et al. 2015.

 

Uromyces (Link) linger, Exanth. Pflanzen: 277. 1833 (nom. cons.), basionym: Hypodermium subgen. Uromyces Link 1816.

Uredo Pers., Syn. Meth. Fung. 1: 214. 1801.

Protection needed by NCF.

Type: U. appendiculata (Pers.) Unger 1796, basionym: Uredo appendiculatus Pers., now regarded as: Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.) Link 1816.

Type: U. betae Pers. 1801, now regarded as Uromyces beticola (Bellynck) Boerema, Loer. & Hamers 1987.

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