Urocystis magica Pass.
(Onion Smut)

Interactions where Urocystis magica 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 (elongated streaks or isolated pustules)		elongated streaks or isolated pustules sorus parasitises live, swollen or twisted leaf			Allium cepa	Onion	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis magica/	Urocystis magica	onion smut		elongated streaks or isolated pustules		sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium cepa/	Allium cepa	onion		live, swollen or twisted	leaf				(4-11)
sorus (elongated streaks or isolated pustules)		elongated streaks or isolated pustules sorus parasitises live, swollen or twisted leaf			Allium oschaninii	Shallot	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis magica/	Urocystis magica	onion smut		elongated streaks or isolated pustules		sorus	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium oschaninii/	Allium oschaninii	shallot		live, swollen or twisted	leaf				(4-11)
sorus (elongated streaks or isolated pustules)		elongated streaks or isolated pustules sorus parasitises live, swollen or twisted leaf			Allium porrum	Leek	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis magica/	Urocystis magica	onion smut		elongated streaks or isolated pustules		sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium porrum/	Allium porrum	leek		live, swollen or twisted	leaf				(4-11)
sorus (elongated streaks or isolated pustules)		elongated streaks or isolated pustules sorus parasitises live, swollen or twisted leaf			Allium sativum	Garlic	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis magica/	Urocystis magica	onion smut		elongated streaks or isolated pustules		sorus	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium sativum/	Allium sativum	garlic		live, swollen or twisted	leaf				(4-11)
sorus (elongated streaks or isolated pustules)		elongated streaks or isolated pustules sorus parasitises live, swollen or twisted leaf			Allium schoenoprasum	Chives	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis magica/	Urocystis magica	onion smut		elongated streaks or isolated pustules		sorus	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium schoenoprasum/	Allium schoenoprasum	chives		live, swollen or twisted	leaf				(4-11)
sorus (elongated streaks or isolated pustules)		elongated streaks or isolated pustules sorus parasitises live, swollen or twisted leaf			Allium vineale	Wild Onion, Crow Garlic	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis magica/	Urocystis magica	onion smut		elongated streaks or isolated pustules		sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium vineale/	Allium vineale	wild onion, crow garlic		live, swollen or twisted	leaf				(4-11)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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

Urocystis magica (Onion Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Urocystis magica (Onion 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	Urocystis magica (Onion Smut)
Genus	Urocystis (a genus of smut fungi)
Family	UROCYSTIDACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	UROCYSTIDALES (an order of fungi)
Class	USTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
Subphylum	USTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Urocystis magica 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 Urocystis magica (Onion Smut)

Urocystis magica (Onion 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, 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 Urocystis magica (Onion Smut):

USTILAGINOMYCETES
(smut fungi and relatives)

USTILAGINOMYCOTINA
(a subphylum of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

A rare smut found on onions and relatives

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