Antherospora vaillantii (Tul. & C. Tul.) R. Bauer, M. Lutz, Begerow, Piątek & Vánky
(Scilla Anther Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut)
Genus	Antherospora (a genus of fungi)
Family	FLOROMYCETACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	UROCYSTIDALES (an order of fungi)
Class	USTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
Subphylum	USTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Antherospora vaillantii is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ustilaginomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Bauer, R. et al	2008	Anther smut fungi on monocots	Mycol. Res. Vol 112 (11): 1297-1306.

Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Antherospora vaillantii is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)