Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Microbotryales Family: Microbotryaceae
Species: Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (DC.) G. Deml & Oberw.
Synonyms: Ustilago lychnidis-dioicae
Common Name: Campion Anther Smut


A Smut Fungus
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Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicaePhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Red Campion, Silene dioica
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Silene dioica (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Living Flower (1)
Living leaf (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
May (1)
August (1)