Synchytrium de Bary & Woronin
(wart chytrids)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Synchytrium erieum
Ribwort Wart - causative organism
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 		Species 28 images
Synchytrium mercurialis
Dog’s Mercury Wart - causative organism
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 		Species 1 images
Synchytrium succisae
Devil’s-bit Wart - causative organism
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 		Species 29 images
Synchytrium taraxaci
Dandelion Wart - causative organism
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 		Species 24 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSynchytrium (wart chytrids)
FamilySYNCHYTRIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
OrderCHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
ClassCHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
PhylumCHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Pathology

() Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Moore, W.C. 1959 British Parasitic Fungi 430pp, Cambridge University Press

Synchytrium (wart chytrids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Synchytrium (wart chytrids)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 21 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Synchytrium (wart chytrids)
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