Antherospora vaillantii (Tul. & C. Tul.) R. Bauer, M. Lutz, Begerow, Piątek & Vánky
(Scilla Anther Smut)

Interactions where Antherospora vaillantii is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		sorus infects and damages live ovary			Bellevalia	a genus of bulbs	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Bellevalia/	Bellevalia	a genus of bulbs		live	ovary
		sorus infects and damages live anther			Bellevalia	a genus of bulbs	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Bellevalia/	Bellevalia	a genus of bulbs		live	anther
		sorus infects and damages live ovary			Muscari	grape hyacinths	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/	Muscari	grape hyacinths		live	ovary
		sorus infects and damages live anther			Muscari	grape hyacinths	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/	Muscari	grape hyacinths		live	anther
		sorus infects and damages live anther			Muscari botryoides	Compact Grape-hyacinth	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari botryoides/	Muscari botryoides	compact grape-hyacinth		live	anther
		sorus infects and damages live ovary			Muscari botryoides	Compact Grape-hyacinth	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari botryoides/	Muscari botryoides	compact grape-hyacinth		live	ovary
		sorus infects and damages live ovary			Scilla bifolia	Alpine Squill	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla bifolia/	Scilla bifolia	alpine squill		live	ovary		Minor
		sorus infects and damages live anther			Scilla bifolia	Alpine Squill	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla bifolia/	Scilla bifolia	alpine squill		live	anther		Minor
		sorus infects and damages live anther			Scilla sardensis	Lesser Glory-of-the-snow	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla sardensis/	Scilla sardensis	lesser glory-of-the-snow		live	anther
		sorus infects and damages live ovary			Scilla sardensis	Lesser Glory-of-the-snow	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla sardensis/	Scilla sardensis	lesser glory-of-the-snow		live	ovary
		sorus infects and damages live ovary			Scilla taurica	a squill	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla taurica/	Scilla taurica	a squill		live	ovary
		sorus infects and damages live anther			Scilla taurica	a squill	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla taurica/	Scilla taurica	a squill		live	anther
		sorus infects and damages live anther			Scilla verna	Spring Squill	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla verna/	Scilla verna	spring squill		live	anther		Major
		sorus infects and damages live ovary			Scilla verna	Spring Squill	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla verna/	Scilla verna	spring squill		live	ovary		Major
		sorus infects and damages live ovary			Chionodoxa	glories of the snow	Liliales: Liliaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Liliaceae/Chionodoxa/	Chionodoxa	glories of the snow		live	ovary
		sorus infects and damages live anther			Chionodoxa	glories of the snow	Liliales: Liliaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Floromycetaceae/Antherospora vaillantii/	Antherospora vaillantii	scilla anther smut			sorus		Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Liliaceae/Chionodoxa/	Chionodoxa	glories of the snow		live	anther

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut)
Genus	Antherospora (a genus of fungi)
Family	FLOROMYCETACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	UROCYSTIDALES (an order of fungi)
Class	USTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
Subphylum	USTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Antherospora vaillantii is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ustilaginomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Bauer, R. et al	2008	Anther smut fungi on monocots	Mycol. Res. Vol 112 (11): 1297-1306.

Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Ingold, C.T.	1984	Further studies on the basidium of Ustilago	TBMS Vol 83 (2): 251-256.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Antherospora vaillantii (Scilla Anther Smut):

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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