Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Exobasidiales Family: Exobasidiaceae
Species: Exobasidium myrtilli Siegm.
Synonyms: Exobasidium vaccinii
Exobasidium vaccinii-myrtilli
Fusidium vaccinii forma vaccinii-myrtilli
Common Name:


A Smut Fungus
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Exobasidium myrtilliPhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Vaccinium myrtillus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)