AuthorAinsworth, G.C. & Sampson, K.
Year1950
TitleThe British Smut Fungi (Ustilaginales )
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time
Source137pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute
IllustrationsTwo plates of black and white photographs of infections, line drawings of spores and germination
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

The first 50 pages cover biology and techniques, followed by 60 pages devoted to identification. The species accounts (half a page to a page in length) are interspersed in a dichotomous key.

Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen Preparationmicroscope slides

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, Now superceded by Mordue and Ainsworth, 1984, which added 16 spp to the 1950 list.SupersededUSTILAGINALESan order of smut fungiFungi
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