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Table 1 List of specimens, with host plants, GenBank accession numbers, spore size range, mean spore sizes with standard deviation, and reference specimens, newly examined in the course of this study.

From: A new species of Antherospora supports the systematic placement of its host plant

Smut species

Host species

GenBank acc. no. (ITS/LSU)

Spore size range (μm)

Average spore size with standard deviation (μm)

Reference specimens 1

Antherospora tractemae

Tractema verna

JN104589/JN104590

7.0-12.0 × 6.5-9.5

9.3±1.3 × 7.8±0.7

UK, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Sgeir Ghlas Leac an Aiseig, Lewis, NA-993-215[grid reference on UKnational grid], 6 May 2010, P.A. Smith, KR 28182

Antherospora tractemae

Tractema verna

JN204283/JN204279

7.5–14.5(-16.5) × 7.0–9.5(-10.5)

10.5 ± 2.1 × 8.5 ±0.8

UK, Wales, Ceredigion, Llangranog Head, SN-312-551 [grid reference on UK national grid], 19 April 2011, A.O. Chater, KRAM F-48879 -holotype

Antherospora tractemae

Tractema verna

JN204284/JN204280

6.5±12.5(-16.0) × (5.5-)6.0–9.5(-10.0)

9.3 ± 1.8 × 7.7±0.9

UK, Wales, Ceredigion, 100 m SW of mouth of Cwm Soden, SN-361-582 [grid reference on UKnational grid], 29 April 2011, A.O. Chater, KRAM F-48878

Antherospora tractemae

Tractema verna

JN204285/JN204281

7.0–11.5(-15.0) × 6.0–10.5

9.6 ± 1.7 × 8.2 ± 1.1

UK, Wales, Ceredigion, 200 m NE of Mwnt church, SN-196-521 [grid reference on UK national grid], 6 May 2011, A.O. Chater, KRAM F-48877

Antherospora tractemae

Tractema verna

JN204286/JN204282

(7.0-)8.0–13.0(-14.0) × 6.0–10.5(-11.5)

10.1 ±1.6 × 8.6 ±1.2

UK, Wales, Ceredigion, 500 m E ofMwnt church, SN-200-521 [grid reference on UK national grid], 6 May 2011, A.O. Chater, KRAM F-48876

Floromyces anemarrhenae

Anemarrhena asphodeloides

JN104591/-

not analysed

not analysed

China, InnerMongolia, Chifeng city (Ulanhad), Hongshan Distr., Hongshan, 15 July 2007, T.Z. Liu, H.U.V. 21482

  1. 1H.U.V. - Herbarium Ustilaginales Vánky, Gabriel-Biel-Str. 5, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany; KR - Herbarium of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, Germany; KRAM F - Mycological Herbarium of the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland.