title: Doassansiopsis caldesiae sp. nov. and Doassansiopsis tomasii: two remarkable smut fungi from Cameroon.
abstract: Three recent collections of Doassansiopsis from western Cameroon are assessed taxonomically. Doassansiopsis caldesiae M. Piatek & Vánky is described as a new species from infected leaves of Caldesia reniformis (D. Don) Makino. Its diagnostic characters are flat, nonthickened sori with spore balls as blackish, slightly elevated dots, more or less globoid spores, conspicuous cortical sterile cells and parasitism on Caldesia reniformis of family Alismataceae. The species is compared to another Doassansiopsis species on host plants belonging to family Alismataceae. Doassansiopsis tomasii Vánky is described from two localities on Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc. (Nymphaeaceae), which represents the first report of this smut from Cameroon and western Africa. Similarities between this species and Doassansiopsis nymphaeae (Syd. & P. Syd.) Thirum. and D. ticonis M. Piepenbr. are outlined and the global distribution of the three taxa is mapped. The species concept in the genus Doassansiopsis is discussed, and a key to all known species of the genus is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mycology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland. mpiatek@ib-pan.krakow.pl
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piatek
authors.forename: Kálmán
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vánky
authors.forename: Dominique C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mossebo
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piatek
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D034901:Alismataceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002163:Cameroon; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology