Microbotryum silenes-dioicae

Microbotryum silenes-dioicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Microbotryomycetes
Order: Microbotryales
Family: Microbotryaceae
Genus: Microbotryum
Species: M. silenes-dioicae
Binomial name
Microbotryum silenes-dioicae
Giraud, Denchev & Hood, 2009

Microbotryum silenes-dioicae is a species of fungus first isolated from Brittany, France. Its name refers to its host species, Silene dioica. The species that most resembles ‘’M. silenes-dioicae’’ morphologically is M. lychnidis-dioicae.[1]

Description

This species shows sori arranged in anthers. Its spore mass is powdery and brown. The spores are mainly globose, subglobose or ellipsoidal, measuring 6.5–10.5 by 5.5–9.0μm and being pale coloured. The spore wall is reticulate, presenting 6–8 meshes per spore diameter, the latter being irregularly polygonal.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Denchev, Cvetomir M., Tatiana Giraud, and Michael E. Hood. "Three new species of anthericolous smut fungi on Caryophyllaceae." Mycologia Balcanica6 (2009): 79-84.

Further reading


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