ABSTRACT: Twenty-five NEW SPECIES of smut fungi are proposed: Aurantiosporium scleriae; Doassansiopsis nymphoides; Entyloma aeschynomenis; E. coreopsis; E. medicaginis; Macalpinomyces leptocarydionis; M. magicus; M. nodoglumis; M. pogonarthriae; Moreaua elongata; Mo. gigaglomerulosa; Mo. opaca; Sporisorium cenchri-elymoidis; S. inopinatum; S. megaloprotachnes; S. schizachyrii; Tilletia aristidae; T. mauritiana; T. pseudochaetochloae; T. robeana; T. tanzanica; Ustilago dactyloctenii-gigantei; U. enteropogonis; U. mauritiana; U. neurachis. NEW NAME proposed: Sporisorium lingianum. NEW COMBINATIONS proposed: Macalpinomyces bursus; M. chloridionis; M. ovariicolopsis; Sporisorium anthephorae; S. chaseae; S. dubiosum; S. mesoseti; S. myosuroidis; S. paranaense; Ustanciosporium kuwanoanum; Ustilago suddiana; Yelsemia speculariae. SYNONYMS: Spacelotheca inconspicua is Sporisorium mesoseti; Sorosporium apparaoi and Thecaphora africana represent Ustanciosporium kuwanoanum; Ustilago goyazana is Sporisorium chaseae. LECTOTYPE is designated for Sphacelotheca chaseae.

KEYWORDS: smut fungi, Ustilaginomycetes, new species, new name, new combinations, synonyms, lectotype

NOMENCLATURAL NOVELTIES:
Aurantiosporium scleriae Vánky, p. 403
Doassansiopsis nymphoides Vánky, p. 401
Entyloma aeschynomensis Vánky, p. 399
Entyloma coreopsis Vánky, p. 398
Entyloma medicaginis Vánky, p. 399
Macalpinomyces bursus (Berk.) Vánky, p. 427
Macalpinomyces chloridionis (L. Ling) Vánky, p. 416
Macalpinomyces leptocarydionis Vánky & C. Vánky, p. 407
Macalpinomyces magicus Vánky & T. Vánky, p. 412
Macalpinomyces nodiglumis Vánky, p. 414
Macalpinomyces ovariicolopsis (Vánky) Vánky, p. 427
Macalpinomyces pogonarthriae Vánky & C. Vánky, p. 409
Moreaua elongata Vánky, p. 369
Moreaua gigaglomerulosa Vánky, p. 370
Moreaua opaca Vánky, p. 371
Sporisorium anthephorae (Syd. & P. Syd.) Vánky, p. 391
Sporisorium cenchri-elymoidis Vánky & R.G. Shivas, p. 392
Sporisorium chaseae (Zundel) Vánky, p. 423
Sporisorium dubiosum (Zundel) Vánky, p. 396
Sporisorium inopinatum Vánky, p. 384
Sporisorium lingianum Vánky, 391
Sporisorium maegaloprotachnes Vánky & T. Vánky, p. 389
Sporisorium mesoseti (Zundel) Vánky, p. 424
Sporisorium myosuroidis (Hirschh,) Vánky, p. 396
Sporisorium pananaense (Hirschh.) Vánky, p. 424
Sporisorium schizachyrii Vánky, p. 418
Tilletia aristidae Vánky, p. 382
Tilletia mauritiana Vánky, p. 377
Tilletia pseudochaetochloae R.G. Shivas & Vánky, p. 397
Tilletia robeana Vánky, p. 376
Tilletia tanzanica Vánky, p. 385
Ustanxiosporium kuwanoanum (Togashi & Y. Maki) Vánky, p. 425
Ustilago dactyloctenii-gigaantei Vánky, p. 387
Ustilago enteropogonis Vánky, p. 378
Ustilago mauritiana Vánky, p. 420
Ustilago neurachnis Vánky, p. 378
Ustilago suddiana (Spooner) Vánky, p. 426
Yelsemia speculariae (J.A. Stev.) Vánky & R. Bauer, p. 428