Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (DC.) G. Deml & Oberw.
(White Campion Anther Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrobotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White 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 lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut) :
1: Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut)
5 Jun 1999 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on White Campion flowers
Image 1: Infected anther - close-upImage 2: Infected anther - close-up (2)Image 3: Infected anthers - close-upImage 4: Infected bud - LSImage 5: Infected flowerImage 6: Infected flower (2)Image 7: Infected flower - close-upImage 8: Infected flowersImage 9: Infected flowers (2)Image 10: Infected flower - side viewImage 11: Infected flower - very close-upImage 12: SporesImage 13: Spores (2)Image 14: Spores (3)Image 15: Spores (4)Image 16: Spores (5)
2: Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut)
6 Jun 1970 OSGR: TG11 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
anther smut on White Campion
Image 1: Host flower - opened up - enlargedImage 2: Ustilospores dusting host flower - enlarged

Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion 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 lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut)
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