Pattersoniomyces tillandsiae gen. et comb. nov.: linking sexual and asexual morphs of the only known smut fungus associated with Bromeliaceae Author Piątek, Marcin Author Lutz, Matthias Author Sousa, Francisca M. P. Author Santos, Ana R. O. Author Félix, Ciro R. Author Landell, Melissa F. Author Gomes, Fátima C. O. Author Rosa, Carlos A. text Organisms Diversity & Evolution 2017 2017-08-03 17 3 531 543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-017-0340-8 journal article 10.1007/s13127-017-0340-8 d3a61246-16c5-48c4-a2e6-b3a4c5127156 4562796 Pattersoniomyces Piątek, M. Lutz & C.A. Rosa , gen. nov. MycoBank no. MB821983 Etymology : The genus is named in honor of Flora Wambaugh Patterson (1847 1928), an American mycologist and the first woman mycologist working at the US Department of Agriculture ( Rossman 2002 ). Among others, she described Ustilago tillandsiae , which is the type species of the new genus. Description: Teleomorph parasitic on living plants. Sori in the flowers of Tillandsia spp. ( Bromeliaceae ), producing naked, dusty spore masses around the rudimentary developed innermost floral organs, peridium lacking, sori protected only by perianths and bracts. Spore balls absent. Spores pigmented (brown), collapsed or hemispherically cupped, ornamented with fine ridges. Anamorph free-living, pseudozyma-like, producing pseudomycelium and true mycelium, cells budding on short denticles, assimilating myo-inositol, showing positive diazonium blue B reaction, negative starch-like production. Anamorph linked with the teleomorph by DNA sequence analyses. Type: Pattersoniomyces tillandsiae (F. Patt.) Piątek, M. Lutz, M.F. Landell & C.A. Rosa.