AuthorSpooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W.
Year2006
TitleAdditions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi
TypePaper
SourceMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Sorts out the considerable confusion in smuts, with several major recent splits and reclassifications following DNA work. Lists new records, new names and dispositions of many smuts in the recent Basidiomycete checklist, and some new names and corrections since. Lists the host plants for each species.

Indispensible for anybody studying these plant diseases.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentMicrobotryumanther and capitulum smutsFungi: Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae
For identificationCurrentJamesdicksonia irregularisAnnual Meadow Grass SmutFungi: Georgefischeriales: Georgefischeriaceae
For identificationCurrentTracya hydrocharidisFrogbit SmutFungi: Doassansiales: Doassansiaceae
For identificationCurrentTracya lemnaeFungi: Doassansiales: Doassansiaceae
For identificationCurrentTilletia anthoxanthiSweet Vernal SmutFungi: Tilletiales: Tilletiaceae
For identificationCurrentThecaphora lathyria seed smut fungusFungi: Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis agrostidisa smut fungusFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis alopecuriFoxtail SmutFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis avenae-elatiorisFalse Oat-grass SmutFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis bolivariia smut fungusFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis melicaea smut fungusFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis poaeMeadow Grass SmutFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis primulaePrimrose SmutFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis trolliia smut fungusFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentUrocystis uleia smut fungusFungi: Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae
For identificationCurrentAnthracoidea capillarisHair Sedge SmutFungi: Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae
For identificationCurrentAnthracoidea pseudirregularisa smut fungusFungi: Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae
For identificationCurrentSchizonella cocconiiGlaucous Sedge SmutFungi: Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae
For identificationCurrentUstanciosporium gigantosporumWhite Beak-sedge SmutFungi: Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae
For identificationCurrentUstanciosporium majusSmall Spored White Beak-sedge SmutFungi: Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae
For identificationCurrentUstilago corconticaPurple Small-reed Stripe SmutFungi: Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae
For identificationCurrentUstilago echinataReed Canary-grass SmutFungi: Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae
For identificationCurrentUstilago scrobiculataa grass smutFungi: Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae
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