| Affected Part |
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Summary |
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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 |
Summary |
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is decayed by Volutella anamorph |
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Lecteria colletotrichoides |
an ascomycete |
Plectosphaerellaceae |
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
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/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Lecteria colletotrichoides/ | Lecteria colletotrichoides | an ascomycete | | | | Volutella anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | | | | |
| | Volutella anamorph is saprobic on |
| cob (live, distorted) |
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live, distorted cob is galled by erumpent sorus |
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Ustilago maydis |
Maize Smut, Sweet Corn Smut |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Fungal foes in your garden no 9: Maize Smut, Fox, R.T.V., 1990
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago maydis/ | Ustilago maydis | maize smut, sweet corn smut | | erumpent | | sorus |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live, distorted | cob | | Sole |
| | erumpent sorus causes gall of live, distorted cob |
| inflorescence (live, distorted) |
|
live, distorted inflorescence is galled by erumpent sorus |
|
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Ustilago maydis |
Maize Smut, Sweet Corn Smut |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Fungal foes in your garden no 9: Maize Smut, Fox, R.T.V., 1990
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 maydis/ | Ustilago maydis | maize smut, sweet corn smut | | erumpent | | sorus |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live, distorted | inflorescence | | Sole |
| | erumpent sorus causes gall of live, distorted inflorescence |
| kernel (developing) (live) |
|
live kernel (developing) is foodplant of adult |
|
|
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera |
Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, MacLeod, A., Baker, R.H.A., Cheek, S., Eyre, D. & Cannon, R.J.C., 2007
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Diabrotica virgifera virgifera/ | Diabrotica virgifera virgifera | western corn rootworm (WCR) | | | | adult |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | kernel (developing) | | |
| | adult feeds on live kernel (developing) |
| leaf |
|
leaf is foodplant of hidden under carried excrement larva |
|
|
Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus |
cereal leaf beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus/ | Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus | cereal leaf beetle | | hidden under carried excrement | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | | leaf | | |
| | hidden under carried excrement larva feeds on leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is foodplant of adult |
|
|
Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus |
cereal leaf beetle |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus/ | Oulema duftschmidi/melanopus | cereal leaf beetle | | | | adult |
Foodplant / feeds on | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | | leaf | | |
| (1-12) | adult feeds on leaf |
| leaf |
|
leaf is decayed by internal |
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Diplophlyctis intestina |
a chytrid |
Chytridiales: Endochytriaceae |
Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953
|
/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Endochytriaceae/Diplophlyctis intestina/ | Diplophlyctis intestina | a chytrid | | internal | | |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | | leaf | | |
Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced | | internal is saprobic on leaf |
| leaf (dead, fungus infected) |
|
dead, fungus infected leaf is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Lewia infectoria |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Lewia infectoria/ | Lewia infectoria | an ascomycete | | | | Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | dead, fungus infected | leaf | | |
| | Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fungus infected leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is foodplant of adult |
|
|
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera |
Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, MacLeod, A., Baker, R.H.A., Cheek, S., Eyre, D. & Cannon, R.J.C., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Diabrotica virgifera virgifera/ | Diabrotica virgifera virgifera | western corn rootworm (WCR) | | | | adult |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | leaf | | |
| | adult feeds on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is mined by larva |
|
|
Oscinella frit |
Frit Fly |
Diptera: Chloropidae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Oscinella frit/ | Oscinella frit | frit fly | | | | larva |
Foodplant / miner | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | leaf | | |
| | larva mines live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is grazed by caterpillar |
|
|
Mamestra brassicae |
Cabbage Moth |
Lepidoptera: Noctuidae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Mamestra brassicae/ | Mamestra brassicae | cabbage moth | | | | caterpillar |
Foodplant / open feeder | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | leaf | | |
| | caterpillar grazes on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf may shelter hypophyllous egg |
|
|
Mamestra brassicae |
Cabbage Moth |
Lepidoptera: Noctuidae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Mamestra brassicae/ | Mamestra brassicae | cabbage moth | | hypophyllous | | egg |
Plant / resting place / under | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | leaf | | |
| | hypophyllous egg may be found under live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
|
|
Ascochyta straminea |
a coelomycete |
Pleosporales |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta straminea/ | Ascochyta straminea | a coelomycete | | immersed | pycnidium | Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph |
Foodplant / spot causer | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | leaf | | |
| | immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous elongate of uredium |
|
|
Puccinia sorghi |
Maize Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia sorghi/ | Puccinia sorghi | maize rust | | amphigenous | elongate | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | leaf | | |
| | amphigenous elongate of uredium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf is parasitised by black, open telium |
|
|
Puccinia sorghi |
Maize Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia sorghi/ | Puccinia sorghi | maize rust | | black, open | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | leaf | | |
| | black, open telium parasitises live leaf |
| leaf (live) |
|
live leaf may be infected and damaged by erumpent sorus |
|
|
Ustilago maydis |
Maize Smut, Sweet Corn Smut |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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 maydis/ | Ustilago maydis | maize smut, sweet corn smut | | erumpent | | sorus |
Foodplant / pathogen | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | leaf | | Sole |
| | erumpent sorus infects and damages live leaf |
| leaf (submerged) |
|
submerged leaf is decayed by |
|
|
Chytriomyces nodulatus |
a chytrid |
Chytridiales: Chytriomycetaceae |
Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953
|
/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytriomycetaceae/Chytriomyces nodulatus/ | Chytriomyces nodulatus | a chytrid | | | | |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | submerged | leaf | | |
Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced | | is saprobic on submerged leaf |
| leaf (submerged) |
|
submerged leaf is decayed by |
|
|
Entophlyctis aurea |
a chytrid |
Chytridiales: Chytriomycetaceae |
Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953
|
/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Chytriomycetaceae/Entophlyctis aurea/ | Entophlyctis aurea | a chytrid | | | | |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | submerged | leaf | | |
| | is saprobic on submerged leaf |
| pollen (live) |
|
live pollen is foodplant of adult |
|
|
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera |
Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, MacLeod, A., Baker, R.H.A., Cheek, S., Eyre, D. & Cannon, R.J.C., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Diabrotica virgifera virgifera/ | Diabrotica virgifera virgifera | western corn rootworm (WCR) | | | | adult |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | pollen | | |
| | adult feeds on live pollen |
| root (live) |
|
live root is foodplant of larva |
|
|
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera |
Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, MacLeod, A., Baker, R.H.A., Cheek, S., Eyre, D. & Cannon, R.J.C., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Diabrotica virgifera virgifera/ | Diabrotica virgifera virgifera | western corn rootworm (WCR) | | | | larva |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | root | | |
| | larva feeds on live root |
| seed head |
|
seed head may be infected and damaged by sporodochium of conidial Fusarium anamorph |
|
|
Gibberella gordonii |
a pyrenomycete |
Hypocreales: Nectriaceae |
Fusarium heterosporum, Booth, C., 1998
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Gibberella gordonii/ | Gibberella gordonii | a pyrenomycete | | | sporodochium | conidial Fusarium anamorph |
Foodplant / pathogen | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | | seed head | | |
| | sporodochium of conidial Fusarium anamorph infects and damages seed head |
| sheath (live) |
|
live sheath is parasitised by amphigenous elongate of uredium |
|
|
Puccinia sorghi |
Maize Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia sorghi/ | Puccinia sorghi | maize rust | | amphigenous | elongate | uredium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | sheath | | |
| | amphigenous elongate of uredium parasitises live sheath |
| sheath (live) |
|
live sheath is parasitised by black, open telium |
|
|
Puccinia sorghi |
Maize Rust |
Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae |
Puccinia sorghi, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
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/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia sorghi/ | Puccinia sorghi | maize rust | | black, open | | telium |
Foodplant / parasite | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | sheath | | |
| | black, open telium parasitises live sheath |
| silk (live) |
|
live silk is foodplant of adult |
|
|
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera |
Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) |
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae |
CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, MacLeod, A., Baker, R.H.A., Cheek, S., Eyre, D. & Cannon, R.J.C., 2007
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Diabrotica virgifera virgifera/ | Diabrotica virgifera virgifera | western corn rootworm (WCR) | | | | adult |
Foodplant / feeds on | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | silk | | |
| | adult feeds on live silk |
| stem |
|
stem is decayed by internal |
|
|
Diplophlyctis intestina |
a chytrid |
Chytridiales: Endochytriaceae |
Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953
|
/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Endochytriaceae/Diplophlyctis intestina/ | Diplophlyctis intestina | a chytrid | | internal | | |
Foodplant / saprobe | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | | stem | | |
Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced | | internal is saprobic on stem |
| stem (dead, fungus infected) |
|
dead, fungus infected stem is decayed by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph |
|
|
Lewia infectoria |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Lewia infectoria/ | Lewia infectoria | an ascomycete | | | | Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | dead, fungus infected | stem | | |
| | Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, fungus infected stem |
| stem (dead) |
|
dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium |
|
|
Lewia infectoria |
an ascomycete |
Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae |
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
|
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Lewia infectoria/ | Lewia infectoria | an ascomycete | | | | pseudothecium |
Foodplant / saprobe | | |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | dead | stem | | |
| (2-10) | pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem |
| stem (live) |
|
live stem is mined by caterpillar |
 |
|
Ostrinia nubilalis |
European Corn Borer, European Corn-borer |
Lepidoptera: Crambidae |
A new threat to maize crops in the UK?, V, A. & Ostojá-Starzewski, J., 2010
|
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Ostrinia nubilalis/ | Ostrinia nubilalis | european corn borer, european corn-borer | | | | caterpillar |
Foodplant / miner | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | stem | | Minor |
| | caterpillar mines live stem |
| stem (live) |
|
live stem is galled by erumpent sorus |
|
|
Ustilago maydis |
Maize Smut, Sweet Corn Smut |
Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae |
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Fungal foes in your garden no 9: Maize Smut, Fox, R.T.V., 1990
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 maydis/ | Ustilago maydis | maize smut, sweet corn smut | | erumpent | | sorus |
Foodplant / gall | | UK and/or Eire |
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Zea mays/ | Zea mays | maize | | live | stem | | Sole |
| | erumpent sorus causes gall of live stem |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Zea mays (Maize)
