Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Ustilaginales Family: Melanotaeniaceae
Species: Melanotaenium endogenum (Unger) de Bary
Synonyms: Bedstraw Smut
Entyloma endogenum
Protomyces endogenus
Protomyces galii
Common Name: Bedstraw Smut


British Red Data List (2006): Vulnerable
A Smut Fungus
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Melanotaenium endogenum

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Galium verum (2)
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Months recorded in & number of records:
June (2)