Sichuan: Xiangcheng Xian: Reda.
Vicinity of the town of Reda.
Dry slopes with cut over forest of Quercus, Pinus, Berberis, Cotoneaster.
29°6'11"N,
99°37'55"E;
3450-3650 m.
Open meadow.Spikelets purple. See: Denchev, T. T., H. Sun, C. M. Denchev and D. E. Boufford. 2016. A new smut fungus on a new grass: Sporisorium capillipedii-alpini (Ustilaginales) sp. nov. infecting Capillipedium alpinum (Poaceae) sp. nov., from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 252(3): 217–227.
David E. Boufford, Bruce Bartholomew, Wenyun CHEN, Michael J. Donoghue, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN & Sugong WU (S. K. WU)