Resumen de Vankya vaillantii (Ustilaginomycetes) on Scilla in Central Europe

Kamila Bacigálová, Richard Hrivnák, Judita Kochjarová, Marcin Piatek, Jaroslav Vlcko

• The paper describes and illustrates Vankya vaillantii (Tul. & C. Tul.) Ershad on Scilla vindobonensis Speta subsp. vindobonensis, Scilla vindobonensis subsp. borhidiana Z. Kereszty and a hexaploid population of S. bifolia agg. from Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. Some information on spore characters of Vankya vaillantii from different host plants is provided. The taxonomy and distribution of this smut fungus in Central Europe are discussed.