Anthracoidea scirpi (J.G. Kühn) Kukkonen
(a smut fungus)

Interactions where Anthracoidea scirpi 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 (immersed) immersed sorus parasitises live ovary UK/IrelandRestricted Trichophorum caespitosum s.l. deergrass Poales: Cyperaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Anthracoidea scirpi on the Isle of Lewis, Smith, P.A., 2010
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea scirpi/Anthracoidea scirpia smut fungusimmersedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum caespitosum s.l./Trichophorum caespitosum s.l.deergrassliveovarySole (8)
sorus (immersed) immersed sorus parasitises live ovary Major Trichophorum caespitosum s.s. Northern Deergrass Poales: Cyperaceae Anthracoidea scirpi on the Isle of Lewis, Smith, P.A., 2010
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea scirpi/Anthracoidea scirpia smut fungusimmersedsorus Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum caespitosum s.s./Trichophorum caespitosum s.s.northern deergrassliveovaryMajor (8)
sorus (immersed) immersed sorus parasitises live ovary UK/Ireland Trichophorum cespitosum x germanicum (T. x foersteri) a deer grass Poales: Cyperaceae Anthracoidea scirpi on the Isle of Lewis, Smith, P.A., 2010
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea scirpi/Anthracoidea scirpia smut fungusimmersedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum cespitosum x germanicum (T. x foersteri)/Trichophorum cespitosum x germanicum (T. x foersteri)a deer grassliveovary (8)

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Smith, P.A., 2010Anthracoidea scirpi on the Isle of LewisField Mycology Vol 11 (3): 105-107.

Anthracoidea scirpi (a smut fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Anthracoidea scirpi (a smut fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthracoidea scirpi (a smut fungus)
GenusAnthracoidea (a genus of sedge ovary smut fungi)
FamilyANTHRACOIDEACEAE (a family of sedge ovary smut fungi)
OrderUSTILAGINALES (an order of smut fungi)
SubclassUSTILAGINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of smut fungi)
ClassUSTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
SubphylumUSTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthracoidea scirpi (a smut fungus)

Anthracoidea scirpi (a smut fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Smith, P.A. 2010 Anthracoidea scirpi on the Isle of Lewis Field Mycology Vol 11 (3): 105-107.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Anthracoidea scirpi (a smut fungus):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)