Microstroma album (Desm.) Sacc.
(a ustilaginomycete)

Interactions where Microstroma album is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
Microstroma coelomycetous anamorph (hypophyllous) hypophyllous acervulus of Microstroma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf UK/Ireland Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Microstromatales/Microstromataceae/Microstroma album/Microstroma albuma ustilaginomycetehypophyllousacervulusMicrostroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Microstroma album (a ustilaginomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Microstroma album (a ustilaginomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesMicrostroma album (a ustilaginomycete)
FamilyMICROSTROMATACEAE (a family of ustilaginomycetes)
OrderMICROSTROMATALES (an order of ustilaginomycetes)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microstroma album (a ustilaginomycete)

Microstroma album (a ustilaginomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Microstroma album (a ustilaginomycete):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)