Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary
(a microbotryan smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphacelotheca hydropiperis (a microbotryan smut)
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 Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (a microbotryan smut) :
1: Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (a microbotryan smut)
30 Aug 2008 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
infected flowers of Water Pepper
Image 1: Infected inflorescence - close-upImage 2: Infected inflorescence - close-up (2)Image 3: Infected inflorescence - close-up - white backgroundImage 4: Infected inflorescence - close-up - white background (2)Image 5: Infected inflorescence - close-up - white background (3)Image 6: Infected plantsImage 7: Infected plants - close-upImage 8: Infected plants - close-up (2)Image 9: Infected plants - close-up - white backgroundImage 10: Infected plants - close-up - white background (2)Image 11: Infected inflorescence - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Infected inflorescence - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Infected inflorescence - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 14: Sterile cells - highly magnifiedImage 15: Ustilospores above sterile cells - magnifiedImage 16: Ustilospores - equatorial focus - highly magnifiedImage 17: Ustilospores - magnifiedImage 18: Ustilospores - magnified (2)Image 19: Ustilospores - surface focus - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mordue, J.E.M. 1991 Sphacelotheca hydropiperis I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1095.

Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (a microbotryan smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (a microbotryan smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (a microbotryan smut)
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