Urocystis sorosporioides Körn. ex Fuckel
(a smut fungus)

Interactions where Urocystis sorosporioides 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
		causes gall of leaf			Aquilegia	columbines	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 sorosporioides/	Urocystis sorosporioides	a smut fungus					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Aquilegia/	Aquilegia	columbines			leaf
		causes gall of stem			Thalictrum	meadow-rues	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis sorosporioides/	Urocystis sorosporioides	a smut fungus					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Thalictrum/	Thalictrum	meadow-rues			stem
		causes gall of leaf			Thalictrum	meadow-rues	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis sorosporioides/	Urocystis sorosporioides	a smut fungus					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Thalictrum/	Thalictrum	meadow-rues			leaf
		causes swelling of leaf			Thalictrum minus	Lesser Meadow-rue	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis sorosporioides/	Urocystis sorosporioides	a smut fungus					Foodplant / false gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Thalictrum minus/	Thalictrum minus	lesser meadow-rue			leaf				(6)
		causes swelling of petiole			Thalictrum minus	Lesser Meadow-rue	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis sorosporioides/	Urocystis sorosporioides	a smut fungus					Foodplant / false gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Thalictrum minus/	Thalictrum minus	lesser meadow-rue			petiole		Minor		(6)
		causes swelling of stem			Thalictrum minus	Lesser Meadow-rue	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis sorosporioides/	Urocystis sorosporioides	a smut fungus					Foodplant / false gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Thalictrum minus/	Thalictrum minus	lesser meadow-rue			stem		Minor		(6)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Urocystis sorosporioides (a smut fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Urocystis sorosporioides (a smut fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Urocystis sorosporioides (a smut fungus)
Genus	Urocystis (a genus of smut fungi)
Family	UROCYSTIDACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	UROCYSTIDALES (an order of 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)

Urocystis sorosporioides 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.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Urocystis sorosporioides (a smut fungus)

Urocystis sorosporioides (a smut fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Urocystis sorosporioides (a smut fungus):

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))

A few recent records from Scotland and England.

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