Microbotryum silenes-inflatae (DC. ex Liro) G. Deml & Oberw.
(Bladder Campion Anther Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrobotryum silenes-inflatae (Bladder 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-inflatae (Bladder Campion Anther Smut) :
1: Microbotryum silenes-inflatae (Bladder Campion Anther Smut)
19 May 2008 OSGR: NR92 55° 30’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
on Sea Campion
Image 1: Infected flowerImage 2: Infected flower (2)Image 3: Infected flower - enlargedImage 4: Spores - magnifiedImage 5: Spores - magnified (2)Image 6: Spores - microscope low magnificationImage 7: Spores - microscope low magnification (2)Image 8: Spores - microscope low magnification (3)Image 9: Spores - microscope low magnification (4)Image 10: Spores - microscope low magnification (5)
2: Microbotryum silenes-inflatae (Bladder Campion Anther Smut)
28 Apr 2001 OSGR: SY58 50° 40’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in shingle on Sea Campion
Image 1: Infected flower - close-upImage 2: Infected Sea Campion

Microbotryum silenes-inflatae (Bladder 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 silenes-inflatae (Bladder Campion Anther Smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microbotryum silenes-inflatae (Bladder Campion Anther Smut)
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