Abstract
Two new species of rust fungi (Basidiomycota, Uredinales) on Fabaceae from Minas Gerais, Brazil, are proposed. Cerotelium galactiae (on Galactia martii) is the first record of Cerotelium on Fabaceae from South America. Phakopsora sennae (on Senna bicapsularis) is the second Neotropical species of Phakopsora on genus Senna.
This paper is part of the doctoral project carried out by the first author at the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Sincere thanks to the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, and the Fabaceae specialists Marli Pires Morin and Robson Dumas Ribeiro for the identification of the host plants. Thanks to Cassia Monica Sakuragui and Pablo Buriticá for suggestions on the manuscript and to CNPq and FAPERJ for financial support.