Microbotryum silenes-dioicae T. Giraud, Denchev & M.E. Hood
(Red Campion Anther-smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrobotryum silenes-dioicae (Red Campion Anther-smut)
GenusMicrobotryum (anther and capitulum smuts)
FamilyMICROBOTRYACEAE (a family of microbotryan smuts)
OrderMICROBOTRYALES (microbotryan smuts)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Microbotryum silenes-dioicae (Red Campion Anther-smut) :
1: Microbotryum silenes-dioicae (Red Campion Anther-smut)
19 May 2008 OSGR: NR92 55° 30’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
on Red Campion
Image 1: Infected flowerImage 2: Infected flowersImage 3: Infected flowers (2)Image 4: Infected flowers (3)Image 5: Infected flowers (4)Image 6: Ustilospores - magnifiedImage 7: Ustilospores - magnified (2)Image 8: Ustilospores - highly magnifiedImage 9: Ustilospores - highly magnified (2)Image 10: Ustilospores - highly magnified (3)Image 11: Ustilospores - highly magnified (4)Image 12: Ustilospores - highly magnified (5)Image 13: Ustilospores - highly magnified (6)Image 14: Ustilospores - highly magnified (7)
2: Microbotryum silenes-dioicae (Red Campion Anther-smut)
4 Jun 1978 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England

Anther smut on female Red Campion plant

specimen with a few branches

Image 1: Anther smut on Red Campion

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Denchev, C.M., Giraud, T. & Hood, M.E. 2009 Three new species of anthericolous smut fungi on Caryophyllaceae Mycologia Balcanica Vol 6: 79-84.

Microbotryum silenes-dioicae (Red Campion Anther-smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microbotryum silenes-dioicae (Red Campion Anther-smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microbotryum silenes-dioicae (Red Campion Anther-smut)
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