Ustilago serpens (P. Karst.) B. Lindeb.
(a stripe smut of grasses)

Interactions where Ustilago serpens 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 (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Leymus arenarius	Lyme-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/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/	Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Leymus arenarius/	Leymus arenarius	lyme-grass		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Bromopsis erecta	Upright Brome	Poales: Poaceae	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/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/	Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Bromopsis erecta/	Bromopsis erecta	upright brome		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Calamagrostis canescens	Purple Small-reed	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/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/	Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Calamagrostis canescens/	Calamagrostis canescens	purple small-reed		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Elytrigia juncea	Sand Couch	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/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/	Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea/	Elytrigia juncea	sand couch		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Elytrigia juncea ssp boreoatlantica	Sand Couch	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/	Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica/	Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica	sand couch		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Elytrigia repens	Common Couch	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/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/	Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/	Elytrigia repens	common couch		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Elytrigia repens ssp repens	Common Couch	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/	Ustilago serpens	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens subsp. repens/	Elytrigia repens subsp. repens	common couch		live, blistered	leaf

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

Ustilago serpens (a stripe smut of grasses) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ustilago serpens (a stripe smut of grasses) 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	Ustilago serpens (a stripe smut of grasses)
Genus	Ustilago (a genus of smut fungi)
Family	USTILAGINACEAE (a family of smut fungi)
Order	USTILAGINALES (an order of smut fungi)
Subclass	USTILAGINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of smut 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)

Ustilago serpens 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 Ustilago serpens (a stripe smut of grasses)

Ustilago serpens (a stripe smut of grasses) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ustilago
(a genus of smut fungi)

USTILAGINALES
(an order of smut fungi)

USTILAGINOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of smut fungi)

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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Spooner, B.M. & Edwards, P.J.	1987	* Stripe Smut, Ustilago serpens, on Phalaris arundinacea in Britain *(Superseded)	Mycologist Vol 01 (1): 25-26.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ustilago serpens (a stripe smut of grasses):

Ustilago
(a genus of smut fungi)

USTILAGINACEAE
(a family of smut fungi)

USTILAGINALES
(an order of smut fungi)

USTILAGINOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of smut fungi)

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))

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