Melanustilospora ari (Cooke) Denchev
(Arum Smut)

Interactions where Melanustilospora ari 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 (immersed) immersed sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf Foreign Arum italicum Italian Lords-and-ladies Alismatales: Araceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Melanustilospora ari/Melanustilospora ariarum smutimmersedsorus Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Arum italicum/Arum italicumItalian lords-and-ladieslive, blisteredleaf
sorus (immersed) immersed sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf UK/Ireland Arum maculatum Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies, Lords-and-ladies Alismatales: Araceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Recent finds of an unusual fungus in the leaves of Arum maculatum in Shropshire - is it a smut?, Preece, T.F., & Mordue, E.M. & Hick, A.J., 1994
British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Melanustilospora ari/Melanustilospora ariarum smutimmersedsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Arum maculatum/Arum maculatumcuckoo pint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladieslive, blisteredleaf
sorus (immersed) immersed sorus causes spots on live petiole UK/Ireland Arum maculatum Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies, Lords-and-ladies Alismatales: Araceae Recent finds of an unusual fungus in the leaves of Arum maculatum in Shropshire - is it a smut?, Preece, T.F., & Mordue, E.M. & Hick, A.J., 1994
European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Melanustilospora ari/Melanustilospora ariarum smutimmersedsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Arum maculatum/Arum maculatumcuckoo pint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladieslivepetiole

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
Preece, T.F., & Mordue, E.M. & Hick, A.J., 1994Recent finds of an unusual fungus in the leaves of Arum maculatum in Shropshire - is it a smut?Mycologist Vol 08 (2): 68-70.
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungiAIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Vánky, K., 1994European Smut Fungi570pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

Melanustilospora ari (Arum Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melanustilospora ari (Arum Smut) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanustilospora ari (Arum Smut)
FamilyUROCYSTIDACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderUROCYSTIDALES (an order of 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 Melanustilospora ari (Arum Smut)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Preece, T.F., & Mordue, E.M. & Hick, A.J. 1994 Recent finds of an unusual fungus in the leaves of Arum maculatum in Shropshire - is it a smut? Mycologist Vol 08 (2): 68-70.

Melanustilospora ari (Arum Smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melanustilospora ari (Arum Smut):

DD

Very few records. Recently found in Shropshire and Surrey.

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