Jamesdicksonia dactylidis (Pass.) R. Bauer, Begerow, A. Nagler & Oberw.
(a smut fungus)

Interactions where Jamesdicksonia dactylidis 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
sorus		sorus parasitises live leaf			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Exobasidiomycetes/Georgefischeriales/Georgefischeriaceae/Jamesdicksonia dactylidis/	Jamesdicksonia dactylidis	a smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		live	leaf		Minor
sorus (numerous)		numerous sorus parasitises live leaf			Agrostis	bent grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Exobasidiomycetes/Georgefischeriales/Georgefischeriaceae/Jamesdicksonia dactylidis/	Jamesdicksonia dactylidis	a smut fungus		numerous		sorus	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis/	Agrostis	bent grasses		live	leaf				(8-9)
sorus		sorus parasitises live leaf			Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog	Poales: Poaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Exobasidiomycetes/Georgefischeriales/Georgefischeriaceae/Jamesdicksonia dactylidis/	Jamesdicksonia dactylidis	a smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus lanatus/	Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog		live	leaf		Major
sorus (numerous)		numerous sorus parasitises live leaf			Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Exobasidiomycetes/Georgefischeriales/Georgefischeriaceae/Jamesdicksonia dactylidis/	Jamesdicksonia dactylidis	a smut fungus		numerous		sorus	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus lanatus/	Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog		live	leaf		Major		(8-9)
sorus		sorus parasitises live leaf			Holcus mollis	Creeping Soft-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Exobasidiomycetes/Georgefischeriales/Georgefischeriaceae/Jamesdicksonia dactylidis/	Jamesdicksonia dactylidis	a smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus mollis/	Holcus mollis	creeping soft-grass		live	leaf		Major
sorus		sorus parasitises live leaf			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Exobasidiomycetes/Georgefischeriales/Georgefischeriaceae/Jamesdicksonia dactylidis/	Jamesdicksonia dactylidis	a smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses		live	leaf		Minor

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Jamesdicksonia dactylidis (a smut fungus) 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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Jamesdicksonia dactylidis (a smut fungus)
Family	GEORGEFISCHERIACEAE (a family of ustilaginomycetes)
Order	GEORGEFISCHERIALES (an order of ustilaginomycetes)
Class	EXOBASIDIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	USTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Jamesdicksonia dactylidis is also a member of:
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 Jamesdicksonia dactylidis (a smut fungus)

Jamesdicksonia dactylidis (a smut fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Jamesdicksonia dactylidis (a smut fungus):

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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