Microbotryum scabiosae (Sowerby) G. Deml & Prillinger
(Field Scabious Pale Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Microbotryum scabiosae (Field Scabious Pale Smut)
Genus	Microbotryum (anther and capitulum smuts)
Family	MICROBOTRYACEAE (a family of microbotryan smuts)
Order	MICROBOTRYALES (microbotryan smuts)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Microbotryum scabiosae is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Pucciniomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Mordue, J.E.M.	1985	Ustilospore ornamentation in smuts on Dipsacaceae	TBMS Vol 85 (2): 380-384.

Microbotryum scabiosae (Field Scabious Pale Smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Microbotryum
(anther and capitulum smuts)

MICROBOTRYALES
(microbotryan smuts)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microbotryum scabiosae (Field Scabious Pale Smut)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microbotryum scabiosae (Field Scabious Pale Smut)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Microbotryum scabiosae is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)