Vasilii Dudka

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Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.

Position: Research Scientist

E-mail: VDudka@binran.ru

Research interests:

Study of the species, geographical, taxonomic, and ecological diversity of smut (Ustilaginomycotina) and rust (Pucciniales) fungi in Russia and Vietnam.

Keywords: Biodiversity, biotrophic pathogens, mycology, Pucciniales, rust fungi, taxonomy, smut fungi, Ustilaginomycotina

Education and work experience:

2011–2016 — Bachelor's degree, Volgograd State social-pedagogical University (VSPU), Faculty of Natural Geography, Department of Botany and Methods of Teaching Biology. Topic: «Agaricoid basidiomycetes of natural parks: «Nizhnekhopersky», «Ust-Medveditsky», «Tsimlyanskiye peski», «Shcherbakovsky», «Volgo-Akhtubinskaya poyma».
2017–2019 — Master's degreeб Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU), Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany. Topic: «Mycorrhiza status of linden (Tilia spp.) in the city parks of Saint Petersburg».
2019–2023 — Postgraduate student, Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
2024 — PhD «The Order Exobasidiales (Basidiomycota) in Russia» (scientific supervisor I.V. Zmitrovich), Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

2017 — Senior Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Fungal Biochemistry, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.
2018–2024 — Research Assistant, Laboratory of Systematics and Geography of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.
2022–2024 — Research Assistant, Laboratory for the Development of metagenomic analysis techniques for rapid assessment of environmental impacts under conditions of intensive subsurface use, Yugra State University.
2024 — until now — Research Scientist, Laboratory of Systematics and Geography of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.

Grants and research projects:

Member of research team:

2019–2021. RFBR №19-04-00024-A «Heterobasidioid fungi Pucciniomycotina (Basidiomycetes) in the light of the evolution approach: phylogeny, biodiversity and functional role in natural communities».
2017–2018. RFBR №16-04-01468-A «Mixotrophy of pyroloids (Pyrola spp. and Orthilia secunda) and orchids (Goodyera repens) in forest communities: structure and significance of fungal symbionts».

Selected publications:

Dudka V.A., Fedosova A.G., Thi Ha Giang Pham. First record of Entyloma guaraniticum (Entylomatales, Ustilaginomycotina) from Vietnam. Mikologiya i fitopatologiya. 2025. 59(5): 384–394.

Malysheva V., Dudka V. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Coleosporiaceae (Pucciniales): the genera Quasipucciniastrum and Aculeastrum reassessed and a new combination proposed. Phytotaxa. 2025. 732(3): 267–279.

Malysheva V.F., Dudka V.A., Malysheva E.F., Kapelyan A.I. A survey and outline taxonomy of the Phragmidium mucronatum (Pucciniales) and related species inhabiting roses in the European part of Russia. Mikologiya i fitopatologiya. 2024. 58(5): 368–380.

Dudka V.A. The first record of Kordyana commelinae (Brachybasidiaceae, Exobasidiomycetes) on Commelina communis in the Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai). Nova Hedwigia. 2023. 116(3–4): 349–362.

Dudka V.A. A new species Exobasidium nannfeldtii on Rhododendron tomentosum from Russia. Nova Hedwigia. 2022. 115(1–2): 117–131.

Dudka V.A., Zmitrovich I.V. A critical catalogue of Exobasidiales (Exobasidiomycetes, Basidiomycota) of north-temperate Eurasia. Nova Hedwigia. 2021. 113(3–4): 403–427.

Dudka V.A., Malysheva E.F., Malysheva V.F., Zhukova E.A. Mycorrhiza of linden (Tilia Spp.) in artificial plantings of Saint Petersburg. Mikologiya i fitopatologiya. 2021. 55(1): 11–35. [In Russian]

Dudka V.I, Zmitrovich I.V. Micromycetes Rossicae: Chorological and taxonomical notes 3. Exobasidium sundstroemii (Exobasidiales, Basidiomycota) – New find for Leningrad region. Mikologiya i fitopatologiya. 2020. 54 (6): 460–464.

Zmitrovich I.V., Dudka V.A. Micromycetes Rossicae: Chorological and Taxonomical notes. 2. Melampsora arctica (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) — urediniospore variability in specimens from European and Siberian Arctic. Mikologiya i fitopatologiya. 2020. 54 (5): 384–388.

Zmitrovich I.V., Dudka V.A., Shevchuk S.V. Micromycetes Rossicae: Chorological and taxonomical notes. 1. Chrysomyxa succinea (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) — new find for Saint Petersburg, European Russia. Mikologiya i fitopatologiya. 2020. 54(4): 305–308.

Zmitrovich I.V., Volobuev S.V., Dudka V.A., Zhukova E.A., Sidelnikova M.V. Bondartseva M.A., Ganoderma applanatum (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) at the Saint Petersburg area. Mikologiya i fitopatologiya. 2019. 53(6): 354–362.

Dudka V.A., Malysheva E.F., Malysheva V.F., Zhukova E.A. Mycorrhizal status of Tilia cordata in the Summer Garden (Saint Petersburg): diversity of fungal symbionts and type of mycorrhizal colonization. Mikologiya i fitopatologiya. 2018. 52(4): 243–251. [In Russian]