Tracya hydrocharidis Lagerh.
(Frogbit Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTracya hydrocharidis (Frogbit Smut)
FamilyDOASSANSIACEAE (a family of smut fungi parasitic on aquatic plants)
OrderDOASSANSIALES (an order of smut fungi parasitic on aquatic plants)
SubclassEXOBASIDIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
ClassUSTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
SubphylumUSTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W. 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Tracya hydrocharidis (Frogbit Smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tracya hydrocharidis (Frogbit Smut)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tracya hydrocharidis (Frogbit Smut)

CR/B

Only two records, Northern Ireland (Fermanagh) in 1948 and Runnymede, Surrey in 1937 (refound 2005). The host is generally inaccessible and the smut is easily overlooked, especially when poorly developed as it is in British material.

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