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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
USTILAGINOMYCETES
(ustilaginomycetes)
USTILAGINOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
MICROBOTRYACEAE
(a family of ustilaginomycete fungi)
Microbotryum
(anther smuts)
Microbotryum saponariae
(Soapwort Anther Smut)
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Microbotryum saponariae (Soapwort Anther Smut)

Suggested Literature

Microbotryum saponariae may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)		 USTILAGINOMYCETES
(ustilaginomycetes)		 USTILAGINOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)		 Microbotryum
(anther smuts)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Microbotryum saponariae is associated with:

sorus Saponaria officinalis - Soapwort (Caryophyllaceae) embedded sorus infects and damages live anther UK/Ireland Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006

Associated with Microbotryum saponariae:

Microbotryum saponariae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

References

Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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