Milesina sect. Carpaticae M. Scholler & Bubner

Bubner, Ben, Buchheit, Ramona, Friedrich, Frank, Kummer, Volker & Scholler, Markus, 2019, Species identification of European forest pathogens of the genus Milesina (Pucciniales) using urediniospore morphology and molecular barcoding including M. woodwardiana sp. nov., MycoKeys 48, pp. 1-40 : 1

Milesina sect. Carpaticae M. Scholler & Bubner sect. nov.

Type species.

M. carpatica Wróbl. 1913

This section is characterised by urediniospores having few scattered germ pores and an echinulate wall without smooth areas. It is similar to section Milesina in having an echinulate cell wall, but the number of germ pores is lower (only 5-7). The ITS sequences of the two sections are separated by a large genetic distance. So far, this section is represented only by the type species. Possibly, the North American M. polystichi belongs to this section as well (see commentary to M. whitei ).