Urocystis miyabeana. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
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Abstract A description is provided for Urocystis miyabeana, which causes smut in the leaves and sheaths of Polygonatum. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (USA (Iowa), China (Jilin, Ningxia), Japan, Russia (Buryat Republic, Primorskyi krai), Turkmenistan, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia (Kursk oblast, Saratov oblast, Voronezh oblast), Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine) and hosts (Polygonatum canaliculatum, P. humile, P. latifolium, P. multiflorum, P. odoratum (P. officinale), P. sewerzowii, P. verticillatum and Polygonatum sp.).