Thecaphora deformans Durieu & Mont.
(a seed smut fungus)

Interactions where Thecaphora deformans 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 infects and damages shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed Foreign Medicago medicks Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/Thecaphora deformansa seed smut fungussorus Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/Medicagomedicksshrivelled, spore ball-filledseed
conidial anamorph conidial anamorph infects and damages deformed anther UK/Ireland Ulex minor Dwarf Gorse Fabales: Fabaceae Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/Thecaphora deformansa seed smut fungusconidial anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorsedeformedanther
sorus sorus infects and damages deformed pod UK/Ireland Ulex minor Dwarf Gorse Fabales: Fabaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/Thecaphora deformansa seed smut fungussorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorsedeformedpod (7-9)
sorus sorus infects and damages shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed UK/Ireland Ulex minor Dwarf Gorse Fabales: Fabaceae 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
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/Thecaphora deformansa seed smut fungussorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorseshrivelled, spore ball-filledseed (7-9)

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984Ustilaginales of the British IslesMycological Papers, No 154, 96pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThecaphora deformans (a seed smut fungus)
GenusThecaphora (a genus of seed smut fungi)
FamilyGLOMOSPORIACEAE (a family of seed smut fungi)
OrderUROCYSTIDALES (an order of 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 Thecaphora deformans (a seed smut fungus)

Thecaphora deformans (a seed smut fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thecaphora deformans (a seed smut fungus):

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