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jeremybartlett.bsky.social
It has been a smutty day.

We've seen lots of Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (Campion Anther Smut) on White Campion flowers.

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White Campion flowers with anthers infected with Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (Campion Anther Smut).
September 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social
Microbotryum silenes-dioicae ex Silene dioica

#Silenedioica #Silene #RoteLichtnelke #RedCampion #Compagnonrouge #Microbotryumsilenesdioicae #Microbotryum #rust #rost #rustfungus #rostpilz #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends
April 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social
Microbotryum silene-dioicae ex Silene dioica

Hohnbachtal, Kelmis, Belgium, 17.5.2026

#Microbotryum #Silene #Rostpilz #Rustfungus #Anthersmut #Phytopathology #FungiFriends
May 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
followerofclay.bsky.social
It´s all about mushrooms!
Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae ex Silene latifolia
#fungifriends #mycology #phytoparasites
February 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
jeremybartlett.bsky.social
Red Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum silenes-dioicae.

On the anthers of Red Campion, Silene dioica.

Brundall, Norfolk, today.

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Red Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum silenes-dioicae, on the anthers of Red Campion, Silene dioica. Red Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum silenes-dioicae, on the anthers of Red Campion, Silene dioica.
May 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social
Microbotryum saponariae ex Saponaria officinalis

Regattabahn, Duisburg, NRW, Germany, 28.6.2026

#Microbotryum #Microbotryumsaponariae #Saponaria #Saponariaofficinalis #Smutfungus #Rustfungus #Brandpilz #Rostpilz #PhytoPathology #Nature #FungiFriends
June 29, 2026 at 11:52 AM
jeremybartlett.bsky.social
Three fungi seen yesterday in the Norfolk Brecks.

1. Polyporus ciliatus.
2. Beechmast Candlesnuff, Xylaria carpophila.
3. Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae.

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Three fungi seen yesterday in the Norfolk Brecks, on my hand: 1. Polyporus ciliatus. (Found on a dead log.) 2. Beechmast Candlesnuff, Xylaria carpophila. (On old beech mast.) 3. Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae. (On the anthers of a White Campion flower.)
June 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
rpilze.masto.nu.ap.brid.gy
Microbotryum silenes-dioicae ex Silene dioica

#silenedioica #silene #rotelichtnelke #redcampion #compagnonrouge #microbotryumsilenesdioicae #microbotryum #rust #rost #rustfungus #rostpilz #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #fungifriends
April 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
bitheolaidhe.bsky.social
Our prime target was Microbotryum on Rabelera holostea, which I suspect is a different species to M. stellariae sensu stricto on Stellaria graminea. We found it in abundance.
#FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease
May 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
benrl.bsky.social
Red Campion Anther Smut (Microbotryum silenes-dioicae) in North Wales #fungifriday
May 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social
Microbotryum succisae ex Succisa pratensis
#Succisapratensis #Succisa #Teufelsabbiss #devilsbit #Succisedesprés #succisadiprato #bocadodeldiablo #Microbotryumsuccisae #Microbotryum #PhytoPathology #fungi #Pilz #Rostpilz #Brandpilz #SmutFungus #Rustfungus #FungiFriends #Nature
August 27, 2024 at 7:43 AM
jeremybartlett.bsky.social
Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae, infecting the stamens of a White Campion flower.

I've cropped the photo (second picture) to show the Speckled Bush-cricket nymph (Leptophyes punctatissima) on the central flower.

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Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae, infecting the stamens of White Campion flowers. There is a Speckled Bush-cricket nymph on the middle flower. Campion Anther Smut, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae, infecting the stamens of a White Campion flower. A Speckled Bush-cricket nymph (Leptophyes punctatissima) is sitting on the flower.
May 26, 2026 at 1:31 PM
hgpennington.bsky.social
In 2023 I painted Microbotryum anther smut, caused by the fungi within the genus Microbotryum (formerly Ustilago).

www.hgpenningtonart....
The painting shows a red campion flower cluster with two open pink flowers, two partially open buds and several smaller closed buds and protective leaves. The fungus has coated the anthers with dark brown fungal spores.
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
mycologyjapan.bsky.social
Microbotryum crypticum, a new anther smut fungus on Silene miqueliana from Japan
doi.org/10.47371/myc...

仮訳：日本のフシグロセンノウ（Silene miqueliana）から見つかった新たな葯黒穂病菌、Microbotryum crypticum

#mycoscience #OpenAccess
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 AM
hgpennington.bsky.social
I've done it! I've released one plant disease painting a week, every week, for an entire year!

My favourite paintings from 2023 are: Microbotryum, Coffee Rust, Fusarium Head Blight and
Wheat Stem Rust.

hgpenningtonart.co.uk/plantspathogens-2023

What plant diseases should I paint in 2024?
A montage of my four favourite paintings from 2023: microbotryum, coffee rust, fusarium head blight and wheat stem rust
December 31, 2023 at 2:47 PM
hgpennington.bsky.social
In 2023 I painted Microbotryum anther smut, caused by the fungi within the genus Microbotryum (formerly Ustilago).

www.hgpenningtonart....
The painting shows a red campion flower cluster with two open pink flowers, two partially open buds and several smaller closed buds and protective leaves. The fungus has coated the anthers with dark brown fungal spores.
February 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social
Microbotryum tragopogonsis-pratensis ex Tragopogon pratensis
#Tragopogonpratensis #Wiesenbocksbart #meadowsalsify #Salsifisdesprés #Microbotryumtragopogonsispratensis #Microbotryum #Smut #Rust #Smutfungus #Rustfungus #Brandpilz #Rostpilz #Phytopathology #fungus #pilz #FungiFriends
May 20, 2024 at 7:42 PM
ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social
Microbotryum tragopogonsis-pratensis ex Tragopogon pratensis

#Tragopogonpratensis #Wiesenbocksbart #meadowsalsify #Salsifisdesprés #Microbotryumtragopogonsispratensis #Microbotryum #Smut #Rust #Smutfungus #Rustfungus #Brandpilz #Rostpilz #Phytopathology #fungus #FungiFriends
June 24, 2024 at 9:41 AM
notfrangible.bsky.social
A #MondayMiscellany - a Common Red Damselfly (unless I’m corrected) with a damaged wing, a blackcurrant-like gall? on Oak, and Silene anther smut fungus Microbotryum silenes dioicae. Only one flower affected on this plant but total takeover on some.
April 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM
chrismothman.bsky.social
Just identifying images from the summer, and found this. Tragopogon Smut Microbotryum tragopogonis-pratensis on Salsify on the Ferry Marsh seawall, Wivenhoe. Seemingly not recorded before in Essex.
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
bitheolaidhe.bsky.social
I was extremely pleased to refind Microbotryum coronariae on Ragged Robin today at Lagan Meadows with @jalcorn536.bsky.social . This is a rare species which I last saw here in 2020 – every year since, I have been busy with exams around this time.
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pink flowers with five ragged petals. in the centre there are powdery brown spores, produced in the anthers
May 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social
For the #pinkfamily challenge for #wildflowerhour I have opted for a species associated with Red Campion, Silene dioica: Campion Anther Smut fungus, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae. Found on male flowers. Infected plants have brownish-mauve anthers due to fungal spores.
May 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
wheatpath.bsky.social
Anther #smut fungus on sea campion (#Silene uniflora) likely caused by #Microbotryum silenes-inflatae (Pointe du Grouin, FR).
May 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social
Microbotryum saponariae ex Saponaria officinalis

#Microbotryumsaponariae #Saponariaofficinalis #Seifenkraut #soapwort #smut #smutfungus #brandpilz #rostpilz #rost #rust #rustfungus #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends #Phytopathology
June 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
bitheolaidhe.bsky.social
Some of the fungi and oomycetes that infect Devil's Bit Scabious - keep a look out next year! #FungiFriends #PlantPathogens
An illustration titled "Pathogens of Succisa pratensis Moench". It shows a plant of Succisa with a brown leaf spot labelled Septoria succisicola, yellow pustules labelled Synchytrium succisae, a brown flower smut Microbotrum flosculorum, a white flower smut Microbotryum succisae, a white mildew on the stem Erysiphe knautiae, and a downy mildew Peronospora violacea on the flowers which causes them to be larger, redder, and without anthers. A close-up is shown of the conidiophores of Peronospora violacea which look like small trees with spores on them.
December 18, 2024 at 1:29 PM