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Thecaphora deformans Durieu & Mont., 1847 (a seed smut fungus)

Suggested Literature

Thecaphora deformans may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
USTILAGINOMYCETES
(ustilaginomycetes)
USTILAGINOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
USTILAGINALES
(an order of smut fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Thecaphora deformans is associated with:

Photos conidial anamorph Ulex minor - Dwarf Gorse (Fabaceae) conidial anamorph infects and damages deformed anther UK/Ireland Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
Photos sorus Medicago - medicks (Fabaceae) sorus infects and damages shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed Foreign Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos sorus Ulex minor - Dwarf Gorse (Fabaceae) sorus infects and damages deformed pod UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
Photos sorus Ulex minor - Dwarf Gorse (Fabaceae) sorus infects and damages shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984

Associated with Thecaphora deformans:

Thecaphora deformans may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984 Ustilaginales of the British Isles
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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