Mycosarcoma maydis

Taxonomy ID: 5270 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:5270)

current name

Mycosarcoma maydis  (DC.) Bref., 1912

basionym:

Uredo maydis  DC., 1815

neotype of Uredo maydis: DSM : 14603 , FGSC : 9021

homotypic synonym:

Ustilago maydis  (DC.) Corda, 1842

includes:

Ustilago maydis 521

Ustilago maydis FB1

Genbank common name: corn smut
NCBI BLAST name: smut fungi & allies
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 4 (Mold Mitochondrial; Protozoan Mitochondrial; Coelenterate Mitochondrial; Mycoplasma; Spiroplasma)
Other names:

common name(s)

huitlacoche

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Basidiomycota; Ustilaginomycotina; Ustilaginomycetes; Ustilaginales; Ustilaginales incertae sedis; Mycosarcoma

Comments and References:

genome sequence Determination of the DNA genome sequence of this strain has been or is being determined either in whole or in part.

McTaggart AR et al. (2016) McTaggart AR, Shivas RG, Boekhout T, Oberwinkler F, Vánky K, Pennycook SR, Begerow D. 2016. Mycosarcoma (Ustilaginaceae), a resurrected generic name for corn smut (Ustilago maydis) and its close relatives with hypertrophied, tubular sori. IMA Fungus 7(2):309-315.

image:Mycosarcoma maydis Image by Angela Brierly from iNaturalist under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.