Urocystis trientalis (Berk. & Broome) B. Lindeb.
(Chickweed Wintergreen Smut)

Interactions where Urocystis trientalis 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
conidia		conidia parasitises live stem			Trientalis europaea	Chickweed Wintergreen, Chickweed-wintergreen	Ericales: Primulaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis trientalis/	Urocystis trientalis	chickweed wintergreen smut				conidia	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Trientalis europaea/	Trientalis europaea	chickweed wintergreen, chickweed-wintergreen		live	stem
conidia		conidia parasitises live leaf			Trientalis europaea	Chickweed Wintergreen, Chickweed-wintergreen	Ericales: Primulaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis trientalis/	Urocystis trientalis	chickweed wintergreen smut				conidia	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Trientalis europaea/	Trientalis europaea	chickweed wintergreen, chickweed-wintergreen		live	leaf
sorus		sorus causes swelling of live leaf			Trientalis europaea	Chickweed Wintergreen, Chickweed-wintergreen	Ericales: Primulaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis trientalis/	Urocystis trientalis	chickweed wintergreen smut				sorus	Foodplant / false gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Trientalis europaea/	Trientalis europaea	chickweed wintergreen, chickweed-wintergreen		live	leaf
sorus		sorus causes swelling of live stem			Trientalis europaea	Chickweed Wintergreen, Chickweed-wintergreen	Ericales: Primulaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis trientalis/	Urocystis trientalis	chickweed wintergreen smut				sorus	Foodplant / false gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Trientalis europaea/	Trientalis europaea	chickweed wintergreen, chickweed-wintergreen		live	stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
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

Urocystis trientalis (Chickweed Wintergreen Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Urocystis trientalis (Chickweed Wintergreen Smut) 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 trientalis (Chickweed Wintergreen Smut)
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 trientalis 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 trientalis (Chickweed Wintergreen Smut)

Urocystis trientalis (Chickweed Wintergreen Smut) may 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 trientalis (Chickweed Wintergreen Smut):

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))

Rare

VU/D2

A few records, all from Scotland, one recently (2001).

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