Author | Ainsworth, G.C. & Sampson, K. |
Year | 1950 |
Title | The British Smut Fungi (Ustilaginales ) |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
Source | 137pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute |
Illustrations | Two plates of black and white photographs of infections, line drawings of spores and germination |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | The first 50 pages cover biology and techniques, followed by 60 pages devoted to identification. The species accounts (half a page to a page in length) are interspersed in a dichotomous key. |
Examine | Compound Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | microscope slides |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
For identification, Now superceded by Mordue and Ainsworth, 1984, which added 16 spp to the 1950 list. | Superseded | USTILAGINALES | an order of smut fungi | Fungi |
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.