Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh.
(Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies)

Interactions where Urocystis colchici 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
(linear)		linear sorus parasitises live, imported corm			Colchicum	colchicums	Liliales: Colchicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/	Urocystis colchici	colchicum smut, smutty naked ladies		linear	sorus		Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum/	Colchicum	colchicums		live, imported	corm
(linear)		linear sorus parasitises live leaf of imported			Colchicum	colchicums	Liliales: Colchicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/	Urocystis colchici	colchicum smut, smutty naked ladies		linear	sorus		Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum/	Colchicum	colchicums		live	leaf	imported
(linear)		linear sorus parasitises live flower of imported			Colchicum	colchicums	Liliales: Colchicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/	Urocystis colchici	colchicum smut, smutty naked ladies		linear	sorus		Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum/	Colchicum	colchicums		live	flower	imported	Rare
(linear)		linear sorus parasitises live leaf			Colchicum autumnale	Meadow Saffron	Liliales: Colchicaceae	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 Urocystis colchici, Mordue, J.E.M., 1970	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/	Urocystis colchici	colchicum smut, smutty naked ladies		linear	sorus		Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum autumnale/	Colchicum autumnale	meadow saffron		live	leaf
(linear)		linear sorus parasitises live leaf			Colchicum bulbocodium	Spring Meadow Saffron	Liliales: Colchicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 Urocystis colchici, Mordue, J.E.M., 1970	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/	Urocystis colchici	colchicum smut, smutty naked ladies		linear	sorus		Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum bulbocodium/	Colchicum bulbocodium	spring meadow saffron		live	leaf
(linear)		linear sorus parasitises live, imported bulb			Colchicum bulbocodium	Spring Meadow Saffron	Liliales: Colchicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/	Urocystis colchici	colchicum smut, smutty naked ladies		linear	sorus		Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum bulbocodium/	Colchicum bulbocodium	spring meadow saffron		live, imported	bulb
(linear)		linear sorus parasitises live, imported flower			Colchicum bulbocodium	Spring Meadow Saffron	Liliales: Colchicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/	Urocystis colchici	colchicum smut, smutty naked ladies		linear	sorus		Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum bulbocodium/	Colchicum bulbocodium	spring meadow saffron		live, imported	flower		Rare

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	Ustilaginales of the British Isles	Mycological Papers, No 154, 96pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute
Mordue, J.E.M., 1970	Urocystis colchici	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 968.

Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies)
Genus	Urocystis (a genus of smut fungi)
Family	UROCYSTIDACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	UROCYSTIDALES (an order of fungi)
Class	USTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
Subphylum	USTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Urocystis colchici is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ustilaginomycetes)
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 Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Mordue, J.E.M.	1970	Urocystis colchici	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 968.

Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies):

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

CR/B

Old records are quite widespread but the few modern records are all from Herefordshire.

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