Urocystis anemones (Pers.) G. Winter
(Anemone Smut)

Interactions where Urocystis anemones 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
colony causes gall of live, blistered leaf UK/IrelandMajor Anemone anemones Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Anemone/Anemoneanemoneslive, blisteredleafMajor (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered stem UK/IrelandMajor Anemone anemones Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Anemone/Anemoneanemoneslive, blisteredstemMajor (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered leaf UK/IrelandMajor Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone, Windflower Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Anemone nemorosa/Anemone nemorosawood anemone, windflowerlive, blisteredleafMajor (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered stem UK/IrelandMajor Anemone nemorosa Wood Anemone, Windflower Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Anemone nemorosa/Anemone nemorosawood anemone, windflowerlive, blisteredstemMajor (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered leaf UK/IrelandMinor [Anemone sp. cult.] garden anemones Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae 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/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Anemone sp. cult./Anemone sp. cult.garden anemoneslive, blisteredleafMinor (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered leaf Pulsatilla vulgaris Pasqueflower Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Pulsatilla vulgaris/Pulsatilla vulgarispasqueflowerlive, blisteredleaf (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered stem Pulsatilla vulgaris Pasqueflower Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Pulsatilla vulgaris/Pulsatilla vulgarispasqueflowerlive, blisteredstem (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered leaf UK/IrelandMajor Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercuplive, blisteredleafMajor (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered stem UK/IrelandMajor Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercuplive, blisteredstemMajor (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered stem UK/IrelandMajor [Trollius sp. cult.] cultivated globe-flowers Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Trollius sp. cult./Trollius sp. cult.cultivated globe-flowerslive, blisteredstemMajor (4-9)
colony causes gall of live, blistered leaf UK/IrelandMajor [Trollius sp. cult.] cultivated globe-flowers Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis anemones/Urocystis anemonesanemone smutcolony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Trollius sp. cult./Trollius sp. cult.cultivated globe-flowerslive, blisteredleafMajor (4-9)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Urocystis anemones (Anemone Smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Urocystis anemones (Anemone Smut) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesUrocystis anemones (Anemone Smut)
GenusUrocystis (a genus of smut fungi)
FamilyUROCYSTIDACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderUROCYSTIDALES (an order of fungi)
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 Urocystis anemones (Anemone Smut)

Urocystis anemones (Anemone Smut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. 1987 Germination of teliospores in certain smuts TBMS Vol 88 (3): 355-363.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Urocystis anemones (Anemone Smut):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 24 images of Urocystis anemones (Anemone Smut)

Widespread and locally common, especially in Yorkshire.

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