An annotated check list of the smut fungi (Ustilaginomycetes) in Papua New
Guinea has been compiled from an examination of herbarium specimens, litera
ture and collections made during a survey in eight Provinces of Papua New G
uinea during March and April 1998. Forty-one species of smut fungi in eleve
n genera are reported from Papua New Guinea, of which seventeen are reporte
d for the first time from that country.