Urocystis alopecuri A.B. Frank
(Foxtail Smut)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Urocystis alopecuri (Foxtail Smut)
Genus	Urocystis (a genus of smut fungi)
Family	UROCYSTIDACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	UROCYSTIDALES (an order of fungi)
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)

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

Urocystis alopecuri (Foxtail 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 (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Urocystis alopecuri (Foxtail Smut)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Urocystis alopecuri (Foxtail Smut)

EX 1946

A single record from Surrey in 1946.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Urocystis alopecuri is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)