Ustilago striiformis (Westend.) Niessl
(Stripe Smut Of Grasses)

Interactions where Ustilago striiformis 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			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	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 striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		live, blistered	leaf
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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/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 leaf			Dactylis	cock’s-foot grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis/	Dactylis	cock's-foot grasses		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted Hair-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia cespitosa/	Deschampsia cespitosa	tufted hair-grass		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Festuca ovina agg.	sheep’s fescue agg.	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./	Festuca ovina agg.	sheep's fescue agg.		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Festuca rubra agg.	red fescues	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./	Festuca rubra agg.	red fescues		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Holcus	soft-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/	Holcus	soft-grasses		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog	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 striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus lanatus/	Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog		live, blistered	leaf		Major
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Holcus mollis	Creeping Soft-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 striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus mollis/	Holcus mollis	creeping soft-grass		live, blistered	leaf		Major
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Lolium perenne	Perennial Rye-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium perenne/	Lolium perenne	perennial rye-grass		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Phalaris	Canary grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris/	Phalaris	Canary grasses		live, blistered	leaf		Rare
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted leaf			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass		live, distorted	leaf		Rare
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted sheath			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass		live, distorted	sheath		Rare
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live, distorted shoot			Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris arundinacea/	Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass		live, distorted	shoot		Rare
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Phleum pratense sens.lat.	timothy	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phleum pratense sens.lat./	Phleum pratense sens.lat.	timothy		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Poa pratensis s.l.	smooth meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa pratensis s.l./	Poa pratensis s.l.	smooth meadow-grasses		live, blistered	leaf		Minor
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Puccinellia maritima	Common Saltmarsh-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/	Puccinellia maritima	common saltmarsh-grass		live, blistered	leaf
sorus (long, linear, erumpent)		long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf			Sesleria caerulea	Blue Moor-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Sesleria caerulea/	Sesleria caerulea	blue moor-grass		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
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Ustilago striiformis (Stripe Smut Of Grasses) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ustilago striiformis (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 striiformis (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 striiformis 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 striiformis (Stripe Smut Of Grasses)

Ustilago striiformis (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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ustilago striiformis (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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