Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (DC.) G. Deml & Oberw.
(White Campion Anther Smut)

Interactions where Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae 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 (embedded) embedded sorus infects and damages live anther Foreign Silene baccifera Berry Catchfly Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Anther smuts of Caryophyllaceae: Molecular analyses reveal further new species, Lutz, M., Piatek, M., Kemler, M., Chlebicki, A. & Oberwinkler, F., 2008
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae/Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicaewhite campion anther smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene baccifera/Silene bacciferaberry catchflyliveanther
sorus (embedded) embedded sorus infects and damages live anther UK/Ireland Silene latifolia White Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae/Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicaewhite campion anther smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/Silene latifoliawhite campionliveanther

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
Lutz, M., Piatek, M., Kemler, M., Chlebicki, A. & Oberwinkler, F., 2008Anther smuts of Caryophyllaceae: Molecular analyses reveal further new speciesMycol. Res. Vol 112 (11): 1280-1296.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrobotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut)
GenusMicrobotryum (anther and capitulum smuts)
FamilyMICROBOTRYACEAE (a family of microbotryan smuts)
OrderMICROBOTRYALES (microbotryan smuts)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut)

Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae (White Campion Anther Smut)
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