Tilletia caries (DC.) Tul. & C. Tul.
(Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut)

Interactions where Tilletia caries 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
(embedded) embedded sorus infects and damages ovary UK/Ireland Secale cereale Rye 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/Tilletiales/Tilletiaceae/Tilletia caries/Tilletia cariesbunt of wheat, stinking smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Secale cereale/Secale cerealeryeovary
(embedded) embedded sorus infects and damages ovary UK/Ireland Triticum wheats 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/Tilletiales/Tilletiaceae/Tilletia caries/Tilletia cariesbunt of wheat, stinking smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum/Triticumwheatsovary (7-8)

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut)
GenusTilletia (a genus of smut fungi)
FamilyTILLETIACEAE (a family of smut fungi)
OrderTILLETIALES (an order of smut fungi)
SubclassEXOBASIDIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
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 Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut)

Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Greig, J.R. 1924 Note on the association of Tilletia tritici with "epileptiform convulsions" in the dog TBMS Vol 10 (1+2): 121-1222.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tilletia caries (Bunt Of Wheat, Stinking Smut):

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