Doassansia sagittariae (Fuckel) J.C. Fisch.
(Arrowhead Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Doassansia sagittariae (Arrowhead Smut)
Genus	Doassansia (a genus of smut fungi)
Family	DOASSANSIACEAE (a family of smut fungi parasitic on aquatic plants)
Order	DOASSANSIALES (an order of smut fungi parasitic on aquatic plants)
Subclass	EXOBASIDIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
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)

Doassansia sagittariae 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Legon, N.W.	2014	Doassansia sagittariae: an interesting smut	Field Mycology Vol 15 (1): 5-7.
	Mordue, J.E.M.	1995	Doassansia sagittariae (Fuckel) C. Fisch,	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1243.

Doassansia sagittariae (Arrowhead Smut) 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))

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Doassansia sagittariae (Arrowhead Smut)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Doassansia sagittariae (Arrowhead Smut)

Widespread but rarely recorded, probably at least partly because the host is often inaccessible.

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