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Ustilago tritici (Pers.) Rostr., 1890 (Loose Smut (Of Wheat And Barley))

Suggested Literature

Ustilago tritici 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)
Ustilago
(a genus of smut fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Ustilago tritici is associated with:

Photos sorus Hordeum - barleys (Poaceae) embedded sorus infects and damages live ovary UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
sorus Hordeum vulgare sens. lat. - Six-rowed Barley (Poaceae) exposed sorus infects and damages live spikelet Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [spore mass exposed and blows away leavving the bare rachis]
sorus Triticum - wheats (Poaceae) embedded sorus infects and damages live ovary UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [spore mass eventaully blows away to reveal bare rachis]

Associated with Ustilago tritici:

Ustilago tritici 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

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