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Denchev, C. M.: A new record of Hungarian Ustilaginales

Fig. 1. Ustilospores of Microbotryum violaceo-verrucosum on Silène bupleuroides in SEM (Scale bar = 1 um) of Silène bupleuroides (VÁNKY, /. c: 253). Consequently the last plant species is omitted as a host of M. violaceum from the Carpathian region. Acknowledgements. The author is grateful to the Curator of BP for the loan of Microbotryum spp. The study of Microbotryum on Caryophyllaceae is supported by the National Science Fund of the Ministry of Sciences and Education of Bulgaria. REFERENCES DENCHEV, C. M. (1993): Evaluation of the morphometric variability of the teliospores of smut fungi (Ustilaginales). - Fitologia 46: 41^6. RAYNER, R. W. (1970): A Mycological Colour Chart. - CMI, Surrey and the British Mycological Society, Kew. VÁNKY, K. (1985): Carpathian Ustilaginales. - Symb. Bot. Upsal. 24(2): 1-309. (Received on 5 April, 1995)