Doassansiopsis hydrophila (A. Dietr.) Lavrov
(Pondweed Smut)

Interactions where Doassansiopsis hydrophila is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
anamorph? (numerous, mostly hypophyllous)		numerous, mostly hypophyllous pycnidium of anamorph? causes spots on floating leaf			Potamogeton	pondweeds	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Doassansiopsidaceae/Doassansiopsis hydrophila/	Doassansiopsis hydrophila	pondweed smut		numerous, mostly hypophyllous	pycnidium	anamorph?	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton/	Potamogeton	pondweeds		floating	leaf				(8)
sorus		sorus causes spots on floating leaf of esp. after pond has dried out			Potamogeton	pondweeds	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	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/Urocystidales/Doassansiopsidaceae/Doassansiopsis hydrophila/	Doassansiopsis hydrophila	pondweed smut				sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton/	Potamogeton	pondweeds		floating	leaf	esp. after pond has dried out
sorus		sorus causes spots on floating leaf of esp. after pond has dried out			Potamogeton natans	Broad-leaved Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	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/Urocystidales/Doassansiopsidaceae/Doassansiopsis hydrophila/	Doassansiopsis hydrophila	pondweed smut				sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/	Potamogeton natans	broad-leaved pondweed		floating	leaf	esp. after pond has dried out
sorus		sorus causes spots on floating leaf of esp. after pond has dried out			Potamogeton polygonifolius	Bog Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	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/Urocystidales/Doassansiopsidaceae/Doassansiopsis hydrophila/	Doassansiopsis hydrophila	pondweed smut				sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton polygonifolius/	Potamogeton polygonifolius	bog pondweed		floating	leaf	esp. after pond has dried out

Doassansiopsis hydrophila (Pondweed Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Doassansiopsis hydrophila (Pondweed Smut) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Doassansiopsis hydrophila (Pondweed Smut)
Family	DOASSANSIOPSIDACEAE (a family of smut fungi)
Order	UROCYSTIDALES (an order of fungi)
Class	USTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
Subphylum	USTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Doassansiopsis hydrophila 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.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Doassansiopsis hydrophila (Pondweed Smut)

Doassansiopsis hydrophila (Pondweed Smut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Doassansiopsis hydrophila (Pondweed Smut):

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Recorded from the west coast of Scotland, Hereford and the New Forest. Probably more widespread but infrequently recorded due to the inaccessibility of the host.

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