Ustanciosporium majus (Desm.) M. Piepenbr.
(Small Spored White Beak-sedge Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesUstanciosporium majus (Small Spored White Beak-sedge Smut)
GenusUstanciosporium (a genus of smut fungi)
FamilyANTHRACOIDEACEAE (a family of sedge ovary smut fungi)
OrderUSTILAGINALES (an order of smut fungi)
SubclassUSTILAGINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of smut fungi)
ClassUSTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
SubphylumUSTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W. 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Ustanciosporium majus (Small Spored White Beak-sedge Smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ustanciosporium majus (Small Spored White Beak-sedge Smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ustanciosporium majus (Small Spored White Beak-sedge Smut)

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