Ustilago filiformis (Schrank) Rostr.
(a grass smut)

Interactions where Ustilago filiformis 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
		infects and damages seldom flowering shoot			Glyceria fluitans	Floating Sweet-grass	Poales: Poaceae	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 Ustilago longissima, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago filiformis/	Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		seldom flowering	shoot		Minor
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live leaf			Glyceria fluitans	Floating Sweet-grass	Poales: Poaceae	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 Ustilago longissima, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago filiformis/	Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		live	leaf		Minor
		infects and damages seldom flowering shoot			Glyceria maxima	Reed Sweet-grass	Poales: Poaceae	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 Ustilago longissima, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago filiformis/	Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria maxima/	Glyceria maxima	reed sweet-grass		seldom flowering	shoot		Major
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live leaf			Glyceria maxima	Reed Sweet-grass	Poales: Poaceae	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 Ustilago longissima, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago filiformis/	Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria maxima/	Glyceria maxima	reed sweet-grass		live	leaf		Major
		infects and damages seldom flowering shoot			Glyceria notata	Plicate Sweet-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Ustilago longissima, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago filiformis/	Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut					Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria notata/	Glyceria notata	plicate sweet-grass		seldom flowering	shoot
sorus (embedded)		embedded sorus infects and damages live leaf			Glyceria notata	Plicate Sweet-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Ustilago longissima, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago filiformis/	Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria notata/	Glyceria notata	plicate sweet-grass		live	leaf

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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	Ustilago longissima	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1099.

Ustilago filiformis (a grass smut) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ustilago filiformis (a grass smut) 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	Ustilago filiformis (a grass smut)
Genus	Ustilago (a genus of smut fungi)
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)

Ustilago filiformis 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 Ustilago filiformis (a grass smut)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Mordue, J.E.M.	1991	Ustilago longissima	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1099.

Ustilago filiformis (a grass smut) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ustilago
(a genus of smut fungi)

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ustilago filiformis (a grass smut):

Ustilago
(a genus of smut fungi)

USTILAGINACEAE
(a family of smut fungi)

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))

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