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Species of fungus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Microbotryum violaceum, also known as the anther smut fungus, was formerly known as Ustilago violacea. It is a basidiomycete obligate parasite of many Caryophyllaceae. But it has now separated into many species due to its host specificity.
| Microbotryum violaceum | |
|---|---|
| |
| Microbotryum violaceum on Silene alba | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Microbotryomycetes |
| Order: | Microbotryales |
| Family: | Microbotryaceae |
| Genus: | Microbotryum |
| Species: | M. violaceum |
| Binomial name | |
| Microbotryum violaceum (Pers.) G. Deml & Oberw., (1982) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Caeoma antherarum (DC.) Nees (1816) | |
Meiosis in M. violaceum produces a tetrad of four haploid meiotic products. Pairwise intra-tetrad mating can occur between these meiotic products.[1]
Microbotryum violaceum can infect and sterilize the plant species Silene latifolia by acting like a sexually transmitted infection.
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