USTILAGINACEAE Tul. & C. Tul.
(a family of smut fungi)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Parvulago marina Spike Rush Smut					Species			1 ident. refs
Ustilago a genus of smut fungi					Genus	9 subtaxa	30 images	13 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

USTILAGINACEAE 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.)

USTILAGINACEAE (a family of smut fungi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for USTILAGINACEAE (a family of smut fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 83 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for USTILAGINACEAE (a family of smut fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

USTILAGINACEAE is also a member of:

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