Anthracoidea limosa. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Anthracoidea limosa, an ovariicolous smut of Carex species causing destruction of ovaries. Some information on its dispersal and transmission and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), USA (Alaska, Massachusetts, Vermont), Asia: Japan, Russia (East Siberia, Angara-Sayan region; Far East, Arctic region, Kamchatka region, Kuril region, Okhotsk region), Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia (Arctic region, Dvina-Pechora region, Karelian-Murmanks region, Ladoga-Ilmen region, Upper Volga region), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK) and hosts (Carex limosa (including C. fuscocuprea) (principal host), C. magellanica, C. pluriflora (C. rariflora subsp. pluriflora), C. rariflora, and hybrids).