Urocystis agropyri (Preuss) A.A. Fisch. Waldh.
(a stripe smut of grasses)

Interactions where Urocystis agropyri 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, ribboned leaf			Arrhenatherum elatius	False Oat-grass	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Arrhenatherum elatius/	Arrhenatherum elatius	false oat-grass		live, blistered, ribboned	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered, ribboned leaf			Melica uniflora	Wood Melick	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Melica uniflora/	Melica uniflora	wood melick		live, blistered, ribboned	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Agrostis capillaris	Common Bent	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis capillaris/	Agrostis capillaris	common bent		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Agrostis stolonifera	Creeping Bent	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis stolonifera/	Agrostis stolonifera	creeping bent		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Alopecurus pratensis	Meadow Foxtail	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/	Alopecurus pratensis	meadow foxtail		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Festuca arundinacea	Tall Fescue	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca arundinacea/	Festuca arundinacea	tall fescue		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered, ribboned leaf			Festuca rubra sens.str.	Red Fescue	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra sens.str./	Festuca rubra sens.str.	red fescue		live, blistered, ribboned	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered, ribboned leaf			Lolium perenne	Perennial Rye-grass	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium perenne/	Lolium perenne	perennial rye-grass		live, blistered, ribboned	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Elytrigia atherica	Sea 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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia atherica/	Elytrigia atherica	sea couch		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered, split into ribbons leaf			Elytrigia repens ssp repens	Common Couch	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens subsp. repens/	Elytrigia repens subsp. repens	common couch		live, blistered, split into ribbons	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered, ribboned leaf			Hordelymus europaeus	Wood Barley	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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/	Urocystis agropyri	a stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordelymus europaeus/	Hordelymus europaeus	wood barley		live, blistered, ribboned	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

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Urocystis agropyri (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	Urocystis agropyri (a stripe smut of grasses)
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 agropyri 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 agropyri (a stripe smut of grasses)

Urocystis agropyri (a stripe smut of grasses) 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 agropyri (a stripe smut of grasses):

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))

BioImages

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Widespread, mainly England.

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