Microbotryum scabiosae
Species of smut fungus
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Microbotryum scabiosae is a smut fungus that infects plants in the genus Knautia. It produces pale ochraceous spores in the host plant's anthers.[1]
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| Microbotryum scabiosae | |
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| A flower head of a Knautia species infected with Microbotryum scabiosae. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Microbotryomycetes |
| Order: | Microbotryales |
| Family: | Microbotryaceae |
| Genus: | Microbotryum |
| Species: | M. scabiosae |
| Binomial name | |
| Microbotryum scabiosae (Sowerby) Deml & Prillinger 1991 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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