Microbotryum succisae
Smut fungus
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Microbotryum succisae is a smut fungus that infects the devil's-bit scabious, Succisa pratensis. It produces whitish to pale yellow spores in the host plant's anthers.[1]
| Microbotryum succisae | |
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| A flower head of devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) infected with Microbotryum succisae. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Microbotryomycetes |
| Order: | Microbotryales |
| Family: | Microbotryaceae |
| Genus: | Microbotryum |
| Species: | M. succisae |
| Binomial name | |
| Microbotryum succisae (Magnus) Bauer & Oberwinkler, 1997 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ustilago succisae Magnus, 1875 | |