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Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (Campion Anther Smut)
(DC.) G. Deml & Oberw. 1982
Basidiomycota > Microbotryomycetes > Microbotryales > Microbotryaceae
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Barmer TF8033Beetley TF9716Blakeney TG0343Brinton Hall TG0335Buckenham Carrs TG3605Burlingham Green TG3511Burnham Deepdale TF7943Caistor St. Edmund, churchyard TG2303Castle Acre TF8316Catfield TG3821Cranwich Camp TL7794Cranwich Heath TL7893Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795East Harling TM0085East Walton TF7515East Walton Common TF7316East Wretham Heath TL9188Feltwell TL7591Flitcham, Abbey Farm TF7427Gayton TF7319Great Cressingham TF8402Harleston, Gawdyhall Big Wood TM2584Heacham TF6837Heacham, Millenium Wood TF6836Heacham, South beach TF6636Holkham Meals East TF8945Holme Dunes TF7044Hoveton Hall TG3120Hunstanton TF6740Hunstanton Park TF6941Ickburgh TL8196Irmingland TG1229Kelling TG0943Lynford TL8187Martham TG4518Middle Harling Heath TL9883Norwich city TG2009Norwich, Sweet Briar Marshes (West) TG2009Norwich, University of East Anglia TG1907Old Hunstanton TF6842Quidenham TM0187Repps-with-Bastwick TG4117Ringstead TF7238Ringstead Chalk Pit and Plantation TF7039Ringstead Downs TF7040Ringstead, Blackhern Plantation TF7238Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF7241Ringstead, Stormhill Plantation TF7239Roydon Common TF7023Runcton Holme TF6308Santon Warren, Santon Downham TL8287Saxlingham TG0240Sedgeford TF7036Sheringham, Beeston Bump TG1643Shotesham TM2499Shouldham Warren TF6811Snettisham TF6834Snettisham Beach TF6431Snettisham Common TF6733Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6735Swaffham TF8209Thorpe Abbotts, churchyard TM1878Weasenham St. Peter TF8224Weeting Heath TL7588Wells-next-the-Sea, Branthill TF9140West Acre TF7714West Rudham TF8227Wiveton TG0242Wiveton Down TG0342Wymondham TG0901

Summary

115 records from 70 different sites
Years (# of records): 1992 (1) 1993 (1) 2002 (1) 2003 (1) 2009 (1) 2018 (2) 2019 (1) 2020 (8) 2021 (21) 2022 (21) 2023 (20) 2024 (25) 2025 (12)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Microbotryum violaceum; Ustilago violacea s. lat.
Associations: Silene latifolia; Silene latifolia subsp. alba; Silene latifolia x dioica = S. x hampeana; Silene noctiflora
Substrates: anther; anthers; anthers, live; flower; live flower; living flower
Finders: A.R. Leech; Andreas Beaumont; Andy Musgrove; Gill Judd; Graham Moates; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Joan Fox; Keith Fox; P.E.G. Walker; R.E. Evans; Steve Judd; Steve Pinnington; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Vanna Bartlett; Vicky Rusby; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.R. Leech; Andreas Beaumont; Andy Musgrove; Gill Judd; Graham Moates; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Joan Fox; Keith Fox; P.E.G. Walker; R.E. Evans; Steve Judd; Steve Pinnington; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Vicky Rusby; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmer: Jeremy Bartlett
Comments: 'ID made from host'; 'On grass bank'

Record Details

20/09/1992 Norwich city; TG2009; Silene latifolia subsp. alba; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Microbotryum violaceum]
; Additional NotesAssociation originally recorded as Silene alba

25/05/1993 Holkham Meals East; TF8945; Silene noctiflora; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Microbotryum violaceum]
05/10/2002 Shouldham Warren; TF6811; Silene latifolia; anthers, live; P.E.G. Walker; P.E.G. Walker; [as Microbotryum violaceum]
28/06/2003 Kelling; TG0943; Silene latifolia subsp. alba; anthers; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Microbotryum violaceum]
; Additional NotesAssociation originally recorded as Silene alba

09/05/2009 Brinton Hall; TG0335; Silene latifolia; anthers; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Microbotryum violaceum]
25/05/2018 Shotesham; TM241993; Silene latifolia; anthers; Andy Musgrove; Andy Musgrove; [as Microbotryum violaceum]
14/06/2018 Santon Warren, Santon Downham; TL825875; Silene latifolia; anthers; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Ustilago violacea s. lat.]
12/05/2019 Buckenham Carrs; TG3605; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
08/05/2020 Hunstanton; TF675405; Silene latifolia; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
; Additional NotesRecorded as Microbotryum silenes-dioicae and changed by Tony Leech to reflect host Silene latifolia

25/05/2020 Ringstead Downs; TF702400; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
26/05/2020 Martham; TG452187; Silene latifolia; anther; Steve Pinnington; Steve Pinnington
03/06/2020 Repps-with-Bastwick; TG416170; Silene latifolia; anther; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
09/08/2020 Sedgeford; TF704371; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
; Additional NotesRecorded as Microbotryum violaceum and changed by Tony Leech to reflect host Silene latifolia

01/09/2020 Sedgeford; TF705362; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
; Additional NotesRecorded as Microbotryum violaceum and changed by Tony Leech to reflect host Silene latifolia

25/10/2020 Ringstead, Stormhill Plantation; TF727392; Silene latifolia; anther; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
; Additional NotesRecorded as Microbotryum violaceum and changed by Tony Leech to reflect host Silene latifolia

31/10/2020 East Harling; TM001857; Silene latifolia; anther; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
22/05/2021 Catfield; TG385210; Silene latifolia x dioica = S. x hampeana; anther; Andreas Beaumont; Andreas Beaumont; "On grass bank"
; Additional NotesAssociation originally recorded as Silene x hampeana

28/05/2021 Hoveton Hall; TG313202; Silene latifolia; anther; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
28/05/2021 Hunstanton; TF675405; Silene latifolia; anther; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
29/05/2021 Irmingland; TG122294; Silene latifolia; anther; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
02/06/2021 Barmer; TF808336; Silene latifolia; living flower; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Microbotryum violaceum]
03/06/2021 Sedgeford; TF720374; Silene latifolia; living flower; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Microbotryum violaceum]
04/06/2021 Roydon Common; TF700230; Silene latifolia; anther; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
09/06/2021 Wiveton; TG0242; Silene latifolia; anther; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
19/06/2021 East Walton Common; TF7316; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
27/06/2021 Sheringham, Beeston Bump; TG1643; Silene latifolia; anther; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
30/06/2021 Sedgeford; TF709369; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
02/07/2021 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL773951; Silene latifolia; anther; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; "ID made from host"
13/07/2021 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF667341; Silene latifolia; flower; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
14/07/2021 Flitcham, Abbey Farm; TF743272; Silene latifolia; flower; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
17/07/2021 Harleston, Gawdyhall Big Wood; TM251845; Silene latifolia; living flower; Gill Judd; Gill Judd
18/08/2021 Snettisham Common; TF673337; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
26/08/2021 Wells-next-the-Sea, Branthill; TF911405; Silene latifolia; anther; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
04/09/2021 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF726404; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
07/10/2021 Hunstanton Park; TF699414; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
23/10/2021 Runcton Holme; TF639084; Silene latifolia; anther; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
30/10/2021 East Wretham Heath; TL914887; Silene latifolia; anther; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
23/04/2022 Swaffham; TF824097; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
14/05/2022 Hunstanton; TF675405; Silene latifolia; anthers; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
18/05/2022 Sedgeford; TF704368; Silene latifolia; anthers; Steve Judd; Steve Judd
23/05/2022 Flitcham, Abbey Farm; TF737266; Silene latifolia; flower; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
25/05/2022 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF670354; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
30/05/2022 Holme Dunes; TF709449; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
01/06/2022 Snettisham Beach; TF646328; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
03/06/2022 Norwich, University of East Anglia; TG198074; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
03/06/2022 Ringstead; TF720387; Silene latifolia; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
10/06/2022 Castle Acre; TF831163; Silene latifolia; anthers; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
18/06/2022 East Walton; TF746160; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
02/07/2022 Cranwich Camp; TL774942; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
02/07/2022 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL775955; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
02/07/2022 Middle Harling Heath; TL985833; Silene latifolia; anthers; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
02/09/2022 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF722404; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
15/09/2022 Hunstanton Park; TF695416; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
24/09/2022 Burnham Deepdale; TF799436; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
25/09/2022 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL7795; Silene latifolia; anthers; Steve Judd; Steve Judd
02/10/2022 Burlingham Green; TG355112; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
02/10/2022 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL7795; Silene latifolia; anthers; Vicky Rusby; Vicky Rusby
10/10/2022 Gayton; TF730192; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
11/05/2023 Snettisham Common; TF673337; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
17/05/2023 Beetley; TF978164; Silene latifolia; anthers; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
17/05/2023 Heacham; TF685374; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
20/05/2023 Hunstanton; TF6740; Silene latifolia; flower; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
21/05/2023 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF6734; Silene latifolia; flower; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
22/05/2023 Roydon Common; TF676225; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
25/05/2023 Saxlingham; TG027405; Silene latifolia; anthers; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
31/05/2023 Flitcham, Abbey Farm; TF740274; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
07/06/2023 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF670354; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
08/06/2023 Old Hunstanton; TF686428; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
10/06/2023 Great Cressingham; TF843022; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
18/06/2023 Sedgeford; TF709369; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
30/07/2023 Cranwich Camp; TL774942; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
02/08/2023 Norwich, Sweet Briar Marshes (West); TG202097; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
08/08/2023 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL775955; Silene latifolia; anthers; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
08/08/2023 Weeting Heath; TL757880; Silene latifolia; anthers; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
16/09/2023 West Acre; TF7714; Silene latifolia; anthers, live; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
17/09/2023 Norwich, University of East Anglia; TG198070; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
21/10/2023 Feltwell; TL757918; Silene latifolia; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
17/11/2023 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL775952; Silene latifolia; anthers; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
13/05/2024 Hunstanton; TF6740; Silene latifolia; live flower; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
15/05/2024 Snettisham Beach; TF648319; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
18/05/2024 Sedgeford; TF7036; Silene latifolia; live flower; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
; Additional NotesAssociation recorded as Silene alba

21/05/2024 Heacham, Millenium Wood; TF687367; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
24/05/2024 Blakeney; TG030431; Silene latifolia; anthers; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
24/05/2024 Holme Dunes; TF7044; Silene latifolia; live flower; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
; Additional NotesAssociation recorded as Silene alba

24/05/2024 Ringstead, Blackhern Plantation; TF726389; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
24/05/2024 Saxlingham; TG027407; Silene latifolia; anthers; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
24/05/2024 Sedgeford; TF721383; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
25/05/2024 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF722404; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
27/05/2024 Quidenham; TM016871; Silene latifolia; anthers; Vanna Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
02/06/2024 Heacham; TF685374; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
02/06/2024 Heacham, South beach; TF660362; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
05/06/2024 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF670354; Silene latifolia; anther; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
09/06/2024 Ringstead Chalk Pit and Plantation; TF703399; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
15/06/2024 Ickburgh; TL811963; Silene latifolia; anther; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
16/06/2024 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF726417; Silene latifolia; live flower; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
23/06/2024 Cranwich Camp; TL775943; Silene latifolia; anthers; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
29/06/2024 Castle Acre; TF825155; Silene latifolia; live flower; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
01/07/2024 Flitcham, Abbey Farm; TF740274; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
06/08/2024 Wiveton Down; TG031422; Silene latifolia; anthers; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
14/08/2024 Cranwich Camp; TL775941; Silene latifolia; anther; James Emerson; James Emerson
31/08/2024 Weasenham St. Peter; TF828244; Silene latifolia; anther; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
20/09/2024 Snettisham; TF686345; Silene latifolia; live flower; Joan Fox; Joan Fox
16/11/2024 West Rudham; TF829274; Silene latifolia; anther; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
18/05/2025 East Walton; TF753159; Silene latifolia; anthers; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
20/05/2025 Heacham, South beach; TF660362; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
23/05/2025 Sedgeford; TF721383; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
31/05/2025 Ringstead Chalk Pit and Plantation; TF700400; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
08/06/2025 Lynford; TL819879; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
08/06/2025 Cranwich Camp; TL7794; Silene latifolia; anthers, live; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
12/06/2025 Hunstanton; TF6741; Silene latifolia; anthers; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
07/07/2025 Flitcham, Abbey Farm; TF740274; Silene latifolia; anther; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
07/08/2025 Cranwich Heath; TL784937; Silene latifolia; anthers; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
12/08/2025 Thorpe Abbotts, churchyard; TM187789; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
26/08/2025 Wymondham; TG099011; Silene latifolia; anther; Graham Moates; Graham Moates; Jeremy Bartlett
02/09/2025 Caistor St. Edmund, churchyard; TG232033; Silene latifolia; anthers; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett

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