Mycosarcoma Explained

Mycosarcoma is a genus of fungus including M. maydis, sometimes called Ustilago maydis, 'corn smut fungus'. This genus seems to be a result of recent genetic testing showing that a new taxon is needed to better organize these species, previously thought unrelated.^[1] The six recognized species were in different genera originally until genetic testing showed their relations and a genus name was resurrected to split these species into a more fitting nomenclature.

Species

• Mycosarcoma aegyptiacum - no synonym, newly discovered ^[2]
• Mycosarcoma bouriquetii - synonym Ustilago bouriquetii
• Mycosarcoma macklinlayi - synonym Macalpinomyces macklinlayi
• Mycosarcoma maydis - synonym Ustilago maydis
• Mycosarcoma pachycarpum - synonym Tolyposporella pachycarpa
• Mycosarcoma tubiforme - synonym Macalpinomyces tubiformis

Notes and References

1. McTaggart . Alistair R. . Shivas . Roger G. . Boekhout . Teun . Oberwinkler . Franz . Vánky . Kálmán . Pennycook . Shaun R. . Begerow . Dominik . December 2016 . Mycosarcoma (Ustilaginaceae), a resurrected generic name for corn smut (Ustilago maydis) and its close relatives with hypertrophied, tubular sori . IMA Fungus . en . 7 . 2 . 309–315 . 10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.10 . 2210-6359 . 5159601 . 27990337.
2. Sipiczki . Matthias . 2020 . Mycosarcoma aegyptiacum sp. nov., an antagonistic polymorphic basidiomycetous yeast related to smut fungi . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 70 . 2 . 1086–1092 . 10.1099/ijsem.0.003879 .