Synchytrium taraxaci de Bary & Woronin
(Dandelion Wart - causative organism)

Interactions where Synchytrium taraxaci 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		sorus causes gall of live leaf			Taraxacum	dandelions	Asterales: Asteraceae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium taraxaci/	Synchytrium taraxaci	dandelion wart (causative organism)				sorus	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum/	Taraxacum	dandelions		live	leaf
sorus		sorus causes gall of live leaf			Taraxacum	dandelions	Asterales: Asteraceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium taraxaci/	Synchytrium taraxaci	dandelion wart (causative organism)				sorus	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum/	Taraxacum	dandelions		live	leaf
sorus		sorus causes gall of live peduncle			Taraxacum	dandelions	Asterales: Asteraceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium taraxaci/	Synchytrium taraxaci	dandelion wart (causative organism)				sorus	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum/	Taraxacum	dandelions		live	peduncle
sorus		sorus causes gall of live petiole			Taraxacum	dandelions	Asterales: Asteraceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium taraxaci/	Synchytrium taraxaci	dandelion wart (causative organism)				sorus	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum/	Taraxacum	dandelions		live	petiole
sorus		sorus causes gall of live phyllary			Taraxacum officinale agg.	dandelion	Asterales: Asteraceae	Introduction to Fungi, Webster, J., 1980	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Synchytriaceae/Synchytrium taraxaci/	Synchytrium taraxaci	dandelion wart (causative organism)				sorus	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Taraxacum officinale agg./	Taraxacum officinale agg.	dandelion		live	phyllary

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Webster, J., 1980	Introduction to Fungi	Second edition, 669pp, Cambridge University Press

Synchytrium taraxaci (Dandelion Wart - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Synchytrium taraxaci (Dandelion Wart - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SYNCHYTRIACEAE
(a family of chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Synchytrium taraxaci (Dandelion Wart - causative organism)
Genus	Synchytrium (wart chytrids)
Family	SYNCHYTRIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
Order	CHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Synchytrium taraxaci is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
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 Synchytrium taraxaci (Dandelion Wart - causative organism)

Synchytrium taraxaci (Dandelion Wart - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Synchytrium
(wart chytrids)

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Synchytrium taraxaci (Dandelion Wart - causative organism):

Synchytrium
(wart chytrids)

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCETES
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioImages

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Widespread in England; few records in Scotland or Ireland but probably overlooked.

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