Anthracoidea caricis (Pers.) Bref.
(a smut fungus)

Interactions where Anthracoidea caricis 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
sorus sorus parasitises live ovary UK/Ireland Carex pallescens Pale Sedge Poales: Cyperaceae 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/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea caricis/Anthracoidea caricisa smut fungussorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pallescens/Carex pallescenspale sedgeliveovary
sorus sorus parasitises live ovary UK/Ireland Carex panicea Carnation Sedge Poales: Cyperaceae 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/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea caricis/Anthracoidea caricisa smut fungussorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex panicea/Carex paniceacarnation sedgeliveovary
sorus sorus parasitises live ovary UK/Ireland Carex pilulifera Pill Sedge Poales: Cyperaceae 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/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea caricis/Anthracoidea caricisa smut fungussorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pilulifera/Carex piluliferapill sedgeliveovary
sorus sorus parasitises live ovary UK/Ireland Carex trinervis Three-nerved Sedge Poales: Cyperaceae 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/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea caricis/Anthracoidea caricisa smut fungussorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex trinervis/Carex trinervisthree-nerved sedgeliveovary

Author & YearTitleSource
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

Anthracoidea caricis (a smut fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Anthracoidea caricis (a smut fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthracoidea caricis (a smut fungus)
GenusAnthracoidea (a genus of sedge ovary smut fungi)
FamilyANTHRACOIDEACEAE (a family of sedge ovary smut fungi)
OrderUSTILAGINALES (an order of smut fungi)
SubclassUSTILAGINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of smut fungi)
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 Anthracoidea caricis (a smut fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Mordue, J.E.M. 1988 Anthracoidea caricis I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1241.

Anthracoidea caricis (a smut fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Anthracoidea caricis (a smut fungus):

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