Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.
(anther smuts (s.l.))

Interactions where Microbotryum violaceum s. lat. 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 UK/Ireland Silene flos-cuculi Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum violaceum s. lat./Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.anther smuts (s.l.)embeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene flos-cuculi/Silene flos-cuculiragged robin, ragged-robinliveanther
sorus (embedded) embedded sorus infects and damages live anther UK/Ireland Silene nutans Nottingham Catchfly Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum violaceum s. lat./Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.anther smuts (s.l.)embeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene nutans/Silene nutansNottingham catchflyliveanther
sorus (embedded) embedded sorus infects and damages live anther UK/Ireland Silene uniflora Sea Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum violaceum s. lat./Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.anther smuts (s.l.)embeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene uniflora/Silene uniflorasea campionliveanther

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
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk

Microbotryum violaceum s. lat. (anther smuts (s.l.) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Microbotryum violaceum s. lat. (anther smuts (s.l.) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species sensu latoMicrobotryum violaceum s. lat. (anther smuts (s.l.))
GenusMicrobotryum (anther and capitulum smuts)
FamilyMICROBOTRYACEAE (a family of microbotryan smuts)
OrderMICROBOTRYALES (microbotryan smuts)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Microbotryum violaceum s. lat. (anther smuts (s.l.)

Microbotryum violaceum s. lat. (anther smuts (s.l.) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Microbotryum violaceum s. lat. (anther smuts (s.l.):

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