Tilletia lolii Auersw.
(a smut fungus)

Interactions where Tilletia lolii 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 (partly hidden) partly hidden sorus infects and damages live spikelet Lolium multiflorum Italian Rye-grass Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Tilletiales/Tilletiaceae/Tilletia lolii/Tilletia loliia smut funguspartly hiddensorus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grasslivespikelet
sorus (partly hidden) partly hidden sorus infects and damages live spikelet Lolium perenne Perennial Rye-grass Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Tilletiales/Tilletiaceae/Tilletia lolii/Tilletia loliia smut funguspartly hiddensorus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium perenne/Lolium perenneperennial rye-grasslivespikelet
sorus (partly hidden) partly hidden sorus infects and damages live spikelet Lolium temulentum Darnel Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Tilletiales/Tilletiaceae/Tilletia lolii/Tilletia loliia smut funguspartly hiddensorus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium temulentum/Lolium temulentumdarnellivespikelet

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTilletia lolii (a smut fungus)
GenusTilletia (a genus of smut fungi)
FamilyTILLETIACEAE (a family of smut fungi)
OrderTILLETIALES (an order of smut fungi)
SubclassEXOBASIDIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
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 Tilletia lolii (a smut fungus)

Tilletia lolii (a 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 Tilletia lolii (a smut fungus):

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