Vankya ornithogali (J.C. Schmidt & Kunze) Ershad
(Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVankya ornithogali (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Smut)
FamilyUROCYSTIDACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderUROCYSTIDALES (an order of fungi)
ClassUSTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
SubphylumUSTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Vankya ornithogali (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Smut) :
1: Vankya ornithogali (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Smut)
18 Apr 2011 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
sorus embedded in Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem leaf
Image 1: Infected Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem leavesImage 2: Infected Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem leaves (2)Image 3: Infected Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem leaves - close-upImage 4: Infected Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem leaves - close-up (2)Image 5: Infected Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem leaves - close-up (3)Image 6: Infected Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem leaves - close-up (4)Image 7: Lesion in leaf - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Lesion in leaf - close-up - magnifiedImage 9: Lesion in moribund leaf - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Lesion in moribund leaf - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Lesion in moribund leaf - close-up - magnifiedImage 12: Lesion in moribund leaf - close-up - magnified (2)Image 13: Ustilospores - magnifiedImage 14: Ustilospores - magnified (2)Image 15: Ustilospores - highly magnifiedImage 16: Ustilospores - highly magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Douglas, B. 2015 Vankya ornithogali http://fungi.myspecies.info/content/lost-found-fungi-project

Vankya ornithogali (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vankya ornithogali (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Vankya ornithogali (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem Smut)

Rare

VU/D2

A few 20th century records from Yorkshire and more recently in Durham.

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