Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Entylomatales Family: Entylomataceae
Species: Entyloma microsporum J. Schröt.
Synonyms: Cintractia microsporum
Cylindrosporium ranunculi var. microsporum
Entyloma microcarpum
Entyloma ungerianum
Entylomella microsporum
Protomyces microsporus
Common Name:


A Smut Fungus
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Entyloma microsporumPhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Ranunculus repens (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Living leaf (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (1)
August (1)