Fungi Outer Hebrides


Phylum: Basidiomycota   Family: Urocystidaceae

Urocystis ranunculi (Libert) Moesz, 1950

Sori in leaves and stems of creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), which burst revealing a black spore-mass. Probably fairly common in the Outer Hebrides but under-recorded.

References: 
Ellis, M.B. & Ellis, J.P (1997 new enlarged edition) Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook.

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