1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: dactylidis (Pass.) R. Bauer, Begerow, A. Nagler & Oberw. , , , Georgefischeriaceae

Common Name Dactylis Smut Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/aus-smuts/Pest/Main/140016

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Queensland Government https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/ 2. Species Information

2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Roger Shivas - [email protected] Author: Roger Shivas Citation: Roger Shivas (2010) Dactylis Smut(Jamesdicksonia dactylidis)Updated on 12/2/2010 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/aus-smuts/Pest/Main/140016

2.3. Facets Columella: absent Distribution: NSW, VIC Host Family: Poaceae Peridium: absent Sorus position: leaves Sorus shape: indistinct (includes leaf spots) Spore balls: absent Spore mass texture: agglutinated Spore shape: globose or subglobose, irregular, polyhedral or subpolyhedral Spore surface ornamentation: smooth Status: Native Australian Species Sterile cells: absent

2.4. Other Names Entyloma alopecurivorum Lavrov Entyloma anadelphiae Vienn.-Bourg. Entyloma camusianum Hari. Entyloma camusianum var. pratense Lavrov Entyloma catabrosae Johanson Entyloma crastophilum Sacc. Entyloma crepinianum Sacc. & Roumeg. Entyloma cynosuri Gonz.Frag. & Cif. Entyloma dactylidis (Pass.) Cif. Entyloma deschampsiae Liro Entyloma espinosae Unamuno Entyloma gaudinae Vienn.-Bourg. Entyloma hieroënse Har. & Pat. Entyloma holci Liro Entyloma korshinskyi Lavrov Entyloma lagerheimianum Liro Entyloma nubilum Liro Entyloma phalaridis Speg. Entyloma polypogonis Vienn.-Bourg. Entyloma schweinfurthii Henn. Entyloma semenoviana (Lavrov) Gutner Entyloma vulpiae Massenot Melanotaenium dactylidis (Pass.) Denchev Thecaphora dactylidis Pass. Tolyposporella semenoviana Lavrov Tuburcinia castellana Gonz.Frag. Urocystis castellana (Gonz.Frag.) Zundel Ustilago phalaridis (Speg.) Cif. Ustilago semenoviana (Lavrov) Cif.

2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Sori** in leaves and sheaths as short-linear to ovate lead-coloured or black spots, 0.1–2.0 (–3.0) mm long, usually scattered, sometimes confluent, often moderately swollen.

**Spores** densely packed, tending to cohere in irregular groups, from globose to irregularly polyhedral or elongate, 6–15 (–20) × 5–11 µm, yellowish to blackish brown, with a smooth c. 1–2 µm thick wall.

**Spore germination** from Agrostis stolonifera resulted in aseptate basidia bearing (2–) 4 (–6) short apical abaxially curved basidiospores on well-developed sterigmata.

**Anamorph**: usually absent. 3. Diagnostic Images

Jamesdicksonia dactylidis on Dactylis Jamesdicksonia dactylidis on Dactylis glomerata - ADW 1641. Scale bar = 2 mm. glomerata - ADW 1641. Scale bar = 10 µm. Host symptoms: Roger Shivas DEEDI Light micrograph: Roger Shivas DEEDI

Jamesdicksonia dactylidis on Cynosurus Jamesdicksonia dactylidis on Dactylis echinatus - BRIP 47944. Scale bar = 10 µm. glomerata - DAR 21839. Scale bar = 10 µm. Light micrograph: Roger Shivas DEEDI Scanning Electron Micrograph: Desley Tree DEEDI

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