Associations
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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes parasitises live culm (esp surrounding internodes) of Leymus arenarius
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Elytrigia repens ssp. repens
Foodplant / parasite
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes parasitises live culm (esp surrounding internodes) of Bromopsis erecta
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Festuca gigantea
Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Ammophila (Bot.)
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Trisetum flavescens
Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Elymus caninus
Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Elytrigia juncea ssp. boreoatlantica
Foodplant / spot causer
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes causes spots on live, blistered leaf of Elytrigia atherica
Foodplant / parasite
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes parasitises live culm (esp surrounding internodes) of Poaceae
Foodplant / parasite
long, linear, erumpent sorus of Ustilago hypodytes parasitises live culm (esp surrounding internodes) of Elytrigia repens
Other: major host/prey
Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Ustilago hypodytes (Schlecht.) Fries, Syst. Myc. 3 : 518. 1832
Caeoma hypodytes Schlecht. Fl. Berol. 2 : 129. 1824.
Ustilago Sporoboli igllis & Bv. Bull. Torrey Club 24 : 282. 1897. (Type from Colorado, on Sporo-
bolus cryptandrus.) Not U. Sporoboli Tracy .& Earle, 1896. Ustilago funalis KHis & Kv. Bull. Torrey Club 24 : 457. 1897. Sorosporium Williamsii Griff. Bull. Torrey Club 29 : 296. 1902. (Type from Wyoming, on Stipa
Richardsonii. )
Sori surrounding internodes (beginning at their bases) for usually the greater part of their length, linear, hidden by enveloping leaf-sheaths but without special covering membrane, when mature forming a dusty dark-brown spore-mass ; spores ovoid to spherical, occasionally slightly polyhedral or irregular, smooth, often guttulate, chiefly 4-7 /^ in length.
On Poaceae :
Agropyron occidentale, Montana, South Dakota.
Distichlis spicata {D. maritima') , Arizona, California, Connecticut, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Texas, Washington. Elynius canadensis^ Iowa.
Elymus condensaius, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Elymus glaucus^ California. Elymus striatus^ Montana. Eriocoma cuspidata iOryz op sis cuspidata'), Colorado.
Poa Buckleyana,^ Nevada.
Puccinellia airoideSy California.
Sitanion longifolium, California, Washington.
Sporobolus cryptandrus, Colorado.
Sporobolus s^., California.
Stipa comata, Montana, Nebraska, Washington.
Stipa coronata, California.
Stipa eminens, California.
Sttpa occidentalism Oregon.
Stipa Richardsonii, Wyoming.
Sttpa setigera, California, Texas.
Sttpa spartea, Illinois, South Dakota.
Sttpa Vaseyi, New Mexico.
Stipa viriduM^oxiM. Dakota.
Sttpa sp.,y?7Tag^Washington. Type locality : Vicinity of Berlin, Germany, on Elymus arenarius.
Distribution : Connecticut ; Illinois to Texas, California, and Washington ; also in South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- bibliographic citation
- George Perkins Clinton. 1906. USTILAGINALES; USTILAGINACEAE, TILLETIACEAE. North American flora. vol 7(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY