Matthias Lutz

My research interests are biodiversity, systematics, taxonomy and evolution of Ustilaginomycotina (basidiomycetous smut fungi) and Pucciniomycotina (rust fungi and relatives). In collaboration with scientists who collect these mostly plant parasitic fungi all over the world and Marcin Piątek from the Department of Mycology of the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków, Poland who examines morphology and ultrastructure I focuse on molecular phylogenetic analyses.

• Evolutionary 'constructions sites' in Ustilaginomycotina

Aghayeva DN, Lutz M, Piatek M (2016) Transmission electron microscopy of Tuberculina species (Helicobasidiales) reveals an unique mode of conidiogenesis within Basidiomycota. Fungal Biology 120: 1010-1016

Geiger MF, Astrin J, Borsch T, Burkhardt U, Grobe P, Hand R, Hausmann A, Hohberg K, Krogmann L, Lutz M, Monje C, Misof B, Morinière J, Müller K, Pietsch S, Quandt D, Rulik B, Scholler M, Traunspurger W, Haszprunar G, Wägele W (2016) How to tackle the molecular species inventory for an industrialized nation ­- lessons from the first phase of the German Barcode of Life initiative GBOL (2012-2015). Genome 59: 661-670

Piątek M, Riess K, Karasiński D, Yorou NS, Lutz M (2016) Integrative analysis of the West African Ceraceosorus africanus sp. nov. provides insights into the diversity, biogeography, and evolution of the enigmatic Ceraceosorales (Fungi: Ustilaginomycotina). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 16: 743-760

Riess K, Schön M, Lutz M, Butin H, Oberwinkler F, Garnica S (2016) On the evolutionary history of Uleiella chilensis, a smut fungus parasite of Araucaria araucana in South America: Uleiellales ord. nov. in Ustilaginomycetes. PLoS ONE 11: e0147107

Lutz M, Piątek M (2016) Phylogenetic placement, DNA barcoding, morphology and evidence for the spreading of Entyloma cosmi, a species attacking Cosmos bipinnatus in temperate climate gardens. European Journal of Plant Pathology 145: 857-869

Kruse J, Thiel H, Choi Y-J, Hanelt D, Jage H, Klenke F, Lutz M, Richter H, Richter U, Kummer V (2015) Noteworthy records of phytopathogenic micromycetes (5). Zeitschrift für Mykologie 82: 145-191

Piątek M, Lutz M, Nobis M, Nowak A (2015) Phylogeny and morphology of Anthracoidea pamiroalaica sp. nov. infecting the endemic sedge Carex koshewnikowii in the Pamir Alai Mts (Tajikistan). Mycological Progress 14: 120.

Piątek M, Lutz M, Jacobs A, Villablanca F, Wood AR (2015) Epitypification of Tilletia ehrhartae, a smut fungus with potential for nature conservation, biosecurity and biocontrol. European Journal of Plant Pathology 143: 151–158

Piątek M, Lutz M, Yorou NS (2015) A molecular phylogenetic framework for Anthracocystis (Ustilaginales), including five new combinations (inter alia for the asexual Pseudozyma flocculosa), and description of Anthracocystis grodzinskae sp. nov. Mycological Progress, in press

Smith PA, Lutz M (2014) Ustilentyloma fluitans – a new British smut. Field Mycology 15: 8

Wood AR, Lutz M, Bauer R, Oberwinkler F (2014) Morphology and phylogenetics of Stomatisora, including Stomatisora psychotriicola sp. nov. Mycological Progress: 1097-1104

Kummer V, Lutz M, Richter U, Ristow M, Zimmermann H (2014) Thecaphora oxytropis – erste Nachweise in Europa*. Boletus 35: 5-15

Kruse J, Lutz M (2014) Microbotryum anomalum, Microbotryum duriaeanum & Urocystis phlei-alpini. In Kruse J, Kummer V, Thiel H: Noteworthy records of phytopathogenic micromycetes (2): Further Smut Fungi (Ustilaginomycotina). Zeitschrift für Mykologie 80: 238-239, 243-245

Nasr S, Soudi MR, Fazeli SAS, Nguyen HDT, Lutz M, Piatek, M (2014) Expanding evolutionary diversity in the Ustilaginomycotina: Fereydouniaceae fam. nov. and Fereydounia gen. nov., the first urocystidalean yeast lineage. Mycological Progress 13: 1217-122

Vasighzadeh A, Zafari D, Selçuk F, Hüseyin E, Kurşat M, Lutz M, Piątek M (2014) Discovery of Thecaphora schwarzmaniana on Rheum ribes in Iran and Turkey: implications for the diversity and phylogeny of leaf smuts on rhubarbs. Mycological Progress 13: 881-892

Piątek M, Lutz, M, Chater AO (2013) Cryptic diversity in the Antherospora vaillantii complex on Muscari species. IMA Fungus 4: 5-19

Piatek M, Lutz M, Kemler M (2013) Microbotryum silenes-saxifragae sp. nov. sporulating in the anthers of Silene saxifraga in southern European mountains. IMA Fungus 4: 29-40

Savchenko KG, Lutz M, Piątek M, Heluta VP, Nevo E (2013) Anthracoidea caricis-meadii is a new North American smut fungus on Carex sect. Paniceae. Mycologia 105: 181-193

Shivas RG, Lutz M, McTaggart AR, Vánky K (2013) Emended description of Anomalomyces (Ustilaginales), including Anomalomyces yakirrae sp. nov. on Yakirra pauciflora (Poaceae) from Australia. Mycobiota 1: 17-24

Smith PA, Lutz M (2013) The rare smut fungus Urocystis fischeri (Urocystidales, Ustilaginomycotina) from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with notes on its systematic position. The Glasgow Naturalist 26

Vánky K, Shivas RG, Barrett MD, Lutz M (2013) Eriocortex eriocauli, gen. et sp. nov. (Ustilaginomycetes) from Australia. Mycobiota 1: 9-16

Ivić D, Sever Z, Scheuer C, Lutz M (2012) A preliminary checklist of smut fungi of Croatia. Mycotaxon online resources, Regional Checklists (http://www.mycotaxon.com/resources/weblists.html), 10 pp. (posted 2013-01). Abstract published in Mycotaxon 121: 499

Lutz M, Vánky K, Bauer R (2012) Melanoxa, a new genus in the Urocystidales (Ustilaginomycotina). Mycological Progress 11: 149-158

Lutz M, Vánky K, Piatek M (2012) Shivasia gen. nov. for the Australasian smut Ustilago solida that historically shifted through five different genera. IMA Fungus 3: 143-154

Piątek M, Lutz M, Ronikier A, Kemler M, Świderska-Burek U (2012) Microbotryum heliospermae, a new anther smut fungus parasitic on Heliosperma pusillum in the mountains of the European Alpine System. Fungal Biology 116: 185-195

Piatek M, Lutz M, Welton P (2012) Exobasidium darwinii, a new Hawaiian species infecting endemic Vaccinium reticulatum in Haleakala National Park. Mycological Progress 11: 361–371

Scholler M, Hemm V, Lutz M (2012) Erysiphe platani: monitoring of an epidemic spread in Germany and molecular characterization based on rDNA sequence data. Andrias 19: 263-272

Piątek M, Lutz M, Smith PA, Chater AO (2011) A new species of Antherospora supports the systematic placement of its host plant. IMA Fungus 2: 135-142

Scholler M, Lutz M, Wood AR, Hagedorn G, Mennicken M (2011) Taxonomy and phylogeny of Puccinia lagenophorae: a study using rDNA sequence data, morphological and host range features. Mycological Progress 10: 175-187

Vánky K, Lutz M (2011) Tubisorus, a new genus of smut fungi (Ustilaginomycetes) for Sorosporium pachycarpum. Mycologia Balcanica 8: 129-135

Kemler M, Lutz M (2010) Brand- und Rostpilze (Basidiomycota). In: Schmid M, Müller JP: Der GEO-Tag der Artenvielfalt 2008 am Albulapass. Eine 24-Stunden Aktion zur Erfassung der Biodiversität: Methoden und Resultate. Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubünden 116: 9-11

Vánky K, Lutz M (2010) Entyloma majewskii sp. nov. (Entylomataceae) on Ranunculus ficaria from Iran. Polish Botanical Journal 55: 271-279

Kemler M, Lutz M, Göker M, Oberwinkler F, Begerow D (2009) Hidden diversity in the non-caryophyllaceous plant-parasitic members of Microbotryum (Pucciniomycotina: Microbotryales). Systematics and Biodiversity 7: 297-306

Lutz M, Vánky K (2009) An annotated checklist of smut fungi (Basidiomycota: Ustilaginomycotina and Microbotryales) in Slovenia. Lidia 7 (2-3): 33-72

Bauer R, Lutz M, Begerow D, Piątek M, Vánky K, Bacigálová K, Oberwinkler F (2008) Anther smut fungi on monocots. Mycological Research 112: 1297-1306

Lutz M, Piatek M, Kemler M, Chlebicki A, Oberwinkler F (2008) Anther smuts of Caryophyllaceae: molecular analyses reveal further new species. Mycological Research 112: 1280-1296

Scheuer C, Bauer R, Lutz M, Stabentheiner E, Mel'nik VA, Grube M (2008) Bartheletia paradoxa is a living fossil on Ginkgo leaf litter with a unique septal structure in the Basidiomycota. Mycological Research 112: 1265-1279

Vánky K, Lutz M (2008) The generic position of Schizonella isolepidis. In Vánky K: Taxonomic studies on Ustilaginomycetes - 28. Mycotaxon 106: 155-157

Vánky K, Lutz M (2008) Ustilago duriusculae is U. striiformis. In Vánky K: Taxonomic studies on Ustilaginomycetes - 28. Mycotaxon 106: 157

Vánky K, Lutz M, Bauer R (2008) About the genus Thecaphora (Glomosporiaceae) and its new synonyms. Mycological Progress 7: 31-39

Vánky K, Lutz M, Bauer R (2008) Floromyces, a new genus of Ustilaginomycotina. Mycotaxon 104: 171-184

Bauer R, Lutz M, Piatek M, Vánky K, Oberwinkler F (2007) Flamingomyces and Parvulago, new genera of marine smut fungi (Ustilaginomycotina). Mycological Research 111: 1199-1206

González V, Vánky K, Platas G, Lutz M (2007) Portalia gen. nov. (Ustilaginomycotina). Fungal Diversity 27: 45-55

Kemler M, Begerow D, Lutz M (2007) Biodiversität von Brand- und Rostpilzen auf der Alp Flix. Jahresbericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubünden 114: 65-72

Lutz M, Bauer R, Oberwinkler F (2007) The double life of a fungus. German Research 1/2007: 21-23

Vánky K, Lutz M (2007) Revision of some Thecaphora species (Ustilaginomycotina) on Caryophyllaceae. Mycological Research 111: 1207-1219

Boekhout T, Gildemacher P, Theelen B, Müller WH, Heijne B, Lutz M (2006) Extensive colonization of apples by smut anamorphs causes a new postharvest disorder. FEMS Yeast Research 6: 63-76

Lutz M, Bauer R, Oberwinkler F (2006) Das Doppelleben des Birnengitterrostes. Forschung. Das Magazin der DFG 4/2006: 13-15

Vánky K, Lutz M, Shivas RG (2006) Anomalomyces panici, new genus and species of Ustilaginomycetes from Australia. Mycologia Balcanica 3: 119-126

Bauer R, Lutz M, Oberwinkler F (2005) Gjaerumia, a new genus in the Georgefischeriales (Ustilaginomycetes). Mycological Research 109: 1250-1258

Lutz M, Göker M, Piatek M, Kemler M, Begerow D, Oberwinkler F (2005) Anther smuts of Caryophyllaceae: molecular characters indicate host-dependent species delimitation. Mycological Progress 4: 225-238

Bauer R, Lutz M, Oberwinkler F (2004) Tuberculina - rusts: a unique basidiomycetous interfungal cellular interaction with horizontal nuclear transfer. Mycologia 96: 960-967

Begerow D, Göker M, Lutz M, Stoll M (2004) On the evolution of smut fungi on their hosts. In: Agerer R, Piepenbring M, Blanz P: Frontiers in basidiomycote mycology. Seiten: 81-98. IHW-Verlag, Eching

Lutz M (2004) Untersuchungen zur Biologie der Gattungen Tuberculina und Helicobasidium (Urediniomycetes). Dissertation, Universität Tübingen, Fakultät für Biologie

Lutz M, Bauer R, Begerow D, Oberwinkler F, Triebel D (2004) Tuberculina: rust relatives attack rusts. Mycologia 96: 614-626

Lutz M, Bauer R, Begerow D, Oberwinkler F (2004) Tuberculina - Thanatophytum/Rhizoctonia crocorum - Helicobasidium: A unique mycoparasitic-phytoparasitic life strategy. Mycological Research 108: 227-238

Lutz M, Bauer R, Begerow D, Oberwinkler F (2004) Tuberculina - Helicobasidium: Host specificity of the Tuberculina-stage reveals unexpected diversity within the group. Mycologia 96: 1316-1329

Lutz M, Maier W (2004) Pflanzenparasitische Pilze aus den Gruppen der Brandpilze (Ustilaginomycetes und Microbotryales) und der Rostpilze (Uredinales). In: Müller JP, Briner T (Redaktion): Erfassung der Artenvielfalt auf der Alp Flix. Seiten: 20-22. Bündner Naturmuseum, Chur, Schweiz

Begerow D, Lutz M, Oberwinkler F (2002) Implications of molecular characters for the phylogeny of the genus Entyloma de Bary. Mycological Research 106: 1392-1399