Dicellomyces scirpi Raitv.
(Wood Clubrush Smut)

Interactions where Dicellomyces scirpi 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 (hypophyllous) hypophyllous sorus parasitises live leaf UK/Ireland Scirpus sylvaticus Wood Club-rush Poales: Cyperaceae The Flora of Berkshire, Crawley, M., 2005
Dicellomyces scirpi: its conidial stage and taxonomic position, Ingold, C.T., 1985
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/Exobasidiales/Brachybasidiaceae/Dicellomyces scirpi/Dicellomyces scirpiwood clubrush smuthypophylloussorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Scirpus sylvaticus/Scirpus sylvaticuswood club-rushliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Crawley, M., 2005The Flora of Berkshire1375pp, Brambleby Books
Ingold, C.T., 1985Dicellomyces scirpi: its conidial stage and taxonomic positionTBMS Vol 84 (3): 542-545.
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

Dicellomyces scirpi (Wood Clubrush Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dicellomyces scirpi (Wood Clubrush Smut) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDicellomyces scirpi (Wood Clubrush Smut)
FamilyBRACHYBASIDIACEAE (a family of ustilaginomycetes)
OrderEXOBASIDIALES (an order of ustilaginomycetes)
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 Dicellomyces scirpi (Wood Clubrush Smut)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. 1985 An extended view of the basidium Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 19 (2): 127-129.
Ingold, C.T. 1985 Dicellomyces scirpi: its conidial stage and taxonomic position TBMS Vol 84 (3): 542-545.

Dicellomyces scirpi (Wood Clubrush Smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. 1993 Phialide-like conidial apparatus in heterobasidiomycetes Mycologist Vol 07 (3): 106-107.
Ingold, C.T. 1985 Observations on spores and their germination in certain Heterobasidiomycetes TBMS Vol 85 (3): 417-423.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Dicellomyces scirpi (Wood Clubrush Smut):

VU/D2

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