Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh.
(Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies)
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 colchici 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
	Mordue, J.E.M.	1970	Urocystis colchici	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 968.

Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies) 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 Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Urocystis colchici (Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies)

CR/B

Old records are quite widespread but the few modern records are all from Herefordshire.

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