Exobasidium rhododendri (Fuckel) C.E. Cramer
(a redleaf fungus)

Interactions where Exobasidium rhododendri 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
fruitbody fruitbody causes gall of live leaf UK/Ireland Rhododendron ferrugineum Alpenrose Ericales: Ericaceae Non-gilled Fungi, Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986
Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998
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/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium rhododendri/Exobasidium rhododendria redleaf fungusfruitbody Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron ferrugineum/Rhododendron ferrugineumalpenroseliveleaf
fruitbody fruitbody causes gall of live leaf UK/Ireland Rhododendron hirsutum a cultivated rhododendron Ericales: Ericaceae Non-gilled Fungi, Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986
Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998
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/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium rhododendri/Exobasidium rhododendria redleaf fungusfruitbody Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron hirsutum/Rhododendron hirsutuma cultivated rhododendronliveleaf
fruitbody fruitbody causes gall of live leaf Rhododendron x laetivirens a group of cultivated rhododendron hybrids Ericales: Ericaceae Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 3. (Hetero., Aphylloph., Gastero.), Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 1997
Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium rhododendri/Exobasidium rhododendria redleaf fungusfruitbody Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron x laetivirens/Rhododendron x laetivirensa group of cultivated rhododendron hybridsliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986Non-gilled FungiFungi of Switzerland, Vol 2, 412pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 1997Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 3. (Hetero., Aphylloph., Gastero.)Nordic Macromycetes, 3, 444pp, Nordsvamp, Copenhagen
Ing, B., 1998Exobasidium in the British IslesMycologist Vol 12 (2): 80-82.
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

Exobasidium rhododendri (a redleaf fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Exobasidium rhododendri (a redleaf fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExobasidium rhododendri (a redleaf fungus)
GenusExobasidium (redleaf fungi)
FamilyEXOBASIDIACEAE (redleaf fungi)
OrderEXOBASIDIALES (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 Exobasidium rhododendri (a redleaf fungus)

Exobasidium rhododendri (a redleaf fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Exobasidium rhododendri (a redleaf fungus):

A parasitic basidiomycete that forms subglobose, fleshy, pale greenish to red galls up to 3cm across on various cultivated Rhododendrons (Rhododendron ferrugineum, Rhododendron hirsutum and their hybrids).

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