Melanustilospora ari (Cooke) Denchev
(Arum Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Melanustilospora ari (Arum Smut)
Family	UROCYSTIDACEAE (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)

Melanustilospora ari 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
	Preece, T.F., & Mordue, E.M. & Hick, A.J.	1994	Recent finds of an unusual fungus in the leaves of Arum maculatum in Shropshire - is it a smut?	Mycologist Vol 08 (2): 68-70.

Melanustilospora ari (Arum 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 Melanustilospora ari (Arum Smut)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melanustilospora ari (Arum Smut)

Very few records. Recently found in Shropshire and Surrey.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Melanustilospora ari is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)