Microbotryum coronariae

Microbotryum coronariae is a smut fungus that infects Silene flos-cuculi. It produces brownish-violet spores in the host plant's anthers.^[1] It occurs in Northern Europe, from Ireland east to Russia.^[2]

Microbotryum coronariae
Flowers of Silene flos-cuculi infected with Microbotryum coronariae.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Microbotryomycetes
Order:	Microbotryales
Family:	Microbotryaceae
Genus:	Microbotryum
Species:	M. coronariae
Binomial name
Microbotryum coronariae (Liro) Denchev, 2011[1]
Synonyms[1]
Ustilago coronariae Liro, 1924