Moesziomyces

Moesziomyces aphidis is known to be a fruit pathogen on pears in Japan (Yasuda et al. 2007), but it is now reported as causing fruit stain on grapes (Vitis vinifera) in China. Moesziomyces bullatus has been found on species of Pennisetum typloides infecting the flowers, the stigma and styles. It is found (with other fungal species) in Hausa koko, a Ghanaian fermented cereal porridge. Other species have been found on other plants such as Echinochloa kimberleyensis in Australia (Moesziomyces kimberleyensis). Leersia hexandra (Moesziomyces globuligerus) and Echinochloa crus-galli in China, Moesziomyces antarcticus. Up to 35 cases were recorded in 2022, with 14 cases of newborns. Moesziomyces spp. are connected with poaceous plants (Grass family), and Moesziomyces bullatus is commonly associated with smut in pearl millet. In Nigeria, it was then linked to sepsis of a female neonate born prematurely in 2015. This is a very rare case. ==Taxonomy==

The genus name of Moesziomyces is in honour of Gustav von Moesz (1873-1946), who was a Hungarian mycologist and teacher of Phytopathology and Phytogeography. He taught in Brassó and Budapest. The genus was circumscribed by Kálmán Géza Vánky in Bot. Not. vol.130 on page 133 in 1977. In a major revision of the Ustilaginomycetes (Wang et al. 2015) several species have been referred to the genus Moesziomyces. Such as Sterigmatomyces aphidis now Moesziomyces aphidis and ==Species==

As accepted by GBIF; {{linked species list Former species; • M. eriocauli = Dermatosorus eriocauli, Anthracoideaceae • M. evernius = Tolyposporium evernium, Anthracoideaceae • M. globuliger = Tolyposporium globuligerum, Anthracoideaceae • M. penicillariae = Moesziomyces bullatus, Ustilaginaceae ==References==

• Kruse, J., Doehlemann, G., Kemen, E., and Thines, M. (2017). Asexual and sexual morphs of Moesziomyces revisited. IMA Fungus 8, 117–129