Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Ustilaginomycetes
Order: Urocystidales Family: Urocystidaceae
Species: Urocystis primulae (Rostr.) Vánky
Synonyms: Paepalopsis irmischiae
Sorosporium primulae
Common Name:


A Smut Fungus
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Urocystis primulaePhotographer: © Jake Dalzell
On Primrose, Primula vulgaris
Photographer: © Jake Dalzell

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Primula vulgaris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Anthers (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
April (1)