Microbotryum stellariae (Sowerby) G. Deml & Oberw.
(Chickweed Anther Smut)

Interactions where Microbotryum stellariae 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 (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live anther			Myosoton aquaticum	Water Chickweed	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum stellariae/	Microbotryum stellariae	chickweed anther smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Myosoton aquaticum/	Myosoton aquaticum	water chickweed		live	anther
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live anther			Stellaria alsine	Bog Stitchwort	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum stellariae/	Microbotryum stellariae	chickweed anther smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria alsine/	Stellaria alsine	bog stitchwort		live	anther
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live anther			Stellaria graminea	Lesser Stitchwort	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum stellariae/	Microbotryum stellariae	chickweed anther smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria graminea/	Stellaria graminea	lesser stitchwort		live	anther
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live anther			Stellaria holostea	Greater Stitchwort	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum stellariae/	Microbotryum stellariae	chickweed anther smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria holostea/	Stellaria holostea	greater stitchwort		live	anther

Author & Year	Title	Source
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.

Microbotryum stellariae (Chickweed Anther Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Microbotryum stellariae (Chickweed Anther 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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Microbotryum stellariae (Chickweed Anther Smut)
Genus	Microbotryum (anther and capitulum smuts)
Family	MICROBOTRYACEAE (a family of microbotryan smuts)
Order	MICROBOTRYALES (microbotryan smuts)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Microbotryum stellariae is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Pucciniomycetes)
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 Microbotryum stellariae (Chickweed Anther Smut)

Microbotryum stellariae (Chickweed Anther Smut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Microbotryum
(anther and capitulum smuts)

MICROBOTRYALES
(microbotryan smuts)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 Microbotryum stellariae (Chickweed Anther Smut):

Microbotryum
(anther and capitulum smuts)

MICROBOTRYALES
(microbotryan smuts)

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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