Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Urocystidales Family: Urocystidaceae
Species: Urocystis ranunculi (Lib.) Moesz
Synonyms: Sporisorium ranunculi
Tuburcinia ranunculi
Common Name:


A Smut Fungus
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Urocystis ranunculiPhotographer: © Chris Stretch
On Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Ranunculus repens (12)
Ranunculus (4)
Ranunculus acris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf (5)
Living leaf (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
April (1)
August (2)
September (11)