Synchytrium de Bary & Woronin
(wart chytrids)

Synchytrium (wart chytrids) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Synchytrium (wart chytrids) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SYNCHYTRIACEAE
(a family of chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Subtaxon	Rank	No of interactions
Synchytrium anemones Windflower Wart - causative organism	Species	2 trophisms
Synchytrium endobioticum Potato Wart, Black Potato Scab - causative organism, Potato Wart Disease	Species	3 trophisms
Synchytrium erieum Ribwort Wart - causative organism	Species	1 trophisms
Synchytrium mercurialis Dog’s Mercury Wart - causative organism	Species	4 trophisms
Synchytrium succisae Devil’s-bit Wart - causative organism	Species	6 trophisms
Synchytrium taraxaci Dandelion Wart - causative organism	Species	5 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Synchytrium (wart chytrids)
Family	SYNCHYTRIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
Order	CHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Synchytrium is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Synchytrium (wart chytrids)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
Plant Pathology
()	Ellis, M.B. & J.P.	1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
	Moore, W.C.	1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Synchytrium (wart chytrids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

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 Synchytrium (wart chytrids):

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCETES
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 82 images of Synchytrium (wart chytrids)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Synchytrium is also a member of:

Identification Works

Plant Pathology

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