Microbotryum violaceum (Pers.) G. Deml & Oberw.
(Nottingham Catchfly Anther Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrobotryum violaceum (Nottingham Catchfly 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 violaceum (Nottingham Catchfly Anther Smut) :
1: Microbotryum violaceum (Nottingham Catchfly Anther Smut)
16 Jun 2008 OSGR: TR01 50° 50’ N, 0° 60’ E Vice County: East Kent (VC 15) England
infected flowers of Nottingham Catchfly
Image 1: Infected anthers - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Infected anthers - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Infected anthers - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Infected anthers - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 5: Infected anthers - close-up - highly enlarged (5)Image 6: Infection in faded flower - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Infection in flower - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Infection in two flowers - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Infection in two flowers - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Ustilospores - magnifiedImage 11: Ustilospores - magnified (2)Image 12: Ustilospores - magnified (3)Image 13: Ustilospores - highly magnifiedImage 14: Ustilospores - highly magnified (2)Image 15: Ustilospores - highly magnified (3)
2: Microbotryum violaceum (Nottingham Catchfly Anther Smut)
10 Jun 2004 OSGR: TR01 50° 50’ N, 0° 60’ E Vice County: East Kent (VC 15) England
on "anthers" of Nottingham Catchfly
Image 1: Infected flower

Microbotryum violaceum (Nottingham Catchfly Anther Smut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microbotryum violaceum (Nottingham Catchfly Anther Smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microbotryum violaceum (Nottingham Catchfly Anther Smut)
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