Microbotryum succisae

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
A flower head of devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) infected with Microbotryum succisae.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Microbotryomycetes
Order:	Microbotryales
Family:	Microbotryaceae
Genus:	Microbotryum
Species:	M. succisae
Binomial name
Microbotryum succisae (Magnus) Bauer & Oberwinkler, 1997
Synonyms
Ustilago succisae Magnus, 1875