Urocystis Explained

Urocystis is a genus of smut fungi containing plant pathogens, which infect grass species and other plants.

Host species of Urocystis

• Urocystis agropyri causes 'flag smut' on wheat.^[1]
• Urocystis alopecuri (foxtail smut), on foxtail grasses,^[2]
• Urocystis arxanensis infects Elymus spp.
• Urocystis brassicae infects Brassica spp
• Urocystis tritici, Wheat flag smut
• Urocystis tranzscheliana infects Primula sieboldii
• Urocystis xilinhotensis infects Bromus spp.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Urocystis achnatheri
• Urocystis agropyri
• Urocystis agropyri-campestris
• Urocystis agropyri-juncei
• Urocystis agrostidis
• Urocystis alaskana
• Urocystis allii
• Urocystis alopecuri
• Urocystis alstroemeriae
• Urocystis americana
• Urocystis andina
• Urocystis anemones
• Urocystis anemones-narcissiflorae
• Urocystis antarctica
• Urocystis antipolitana
• Urocystis antucensis
• Urocystis aquilegiae
• Urocystis arjonae
• Urocystis arrhenatheri
• Urocystis arxanensis
• Urocystis asphodeli
• Urocystis atragenes
• Urocystis atropidis
• Urocystis aurea
• Urocystis avenae-elatioris
• Urocystis avenastri
• Urocystis beckmanniae
• Urocystis beckwithiae
• Urocystis behboudii
• Urocystis beijingensis
• Urocystis bolboschoeni
• Urocystis bolivarii
• Urocystis bomareae
• Urocystis bornmuelleri
• Urocystis brassicae
• Urocystis bromi
• Urocystis bulbigera
• Urocystis bulbinellae
• Urocystis bulbocodii
• Urocystis calamagrostidis
• Urocystis callianthemi
• Urocystis camassiae
• Urocystis carcinodes
• Urocystis caricis
• Urocystis castellana
• Urocystis cepulae
• Urocystis ceratocephali
• Urocystis chifengensis
• Urocystis cholerae
• Urocystis cholerae-asiaticae
• Urocystis chorizandrae
• Urocystis circaeasteri
• Urocystis clintoniae
• Urocystis colchici
• Urocystis colchici-lutei
• Urocystis coralloides
• Urocystis corsica
• Urocystis cortusae
• Urocystis corydalis
• Urocystis curculiginis
• Urocystis dactylidina
• Urocystis delphinii
• Urocystis deschampsiae
• Urocystis destruens
• Urocystis dioscoreae
• Urocystis dunhuangensis
• Urocystis elymi
• Urocystis eranthidis
• Urocystis eriospermi
• Urocystis erythronii
• Urocystis ferrarisiana
• Urocystis festucae
• Urocystis ficariae
• Urocystis filipendulae
• Urocystis fischeri
• Urocystis floccosa
• Urocystis flowersii
• Urocystis fraseri
• Urocystis gageae
• Urocystis galanthi
• Urocystis giliae
• Urocystis glabella
• Urocystis gladioli
• Urocystis gladiolicola
• Urocystis granulosa
• Urocystis hederae
• Urocystis helanensis
• Urocystis helvetica
• Urocystis herteriana
• Urocystis heucherae
• Urocystis hierochloae
• Urocystis hieronymi
• Urocystis hispanica
• Urocystis hordei
• Urocystis hordeicola
• Urocystis hypoxidis
• Urocystis intestinalis
• Urocystis irregularis
• Urocystis ixiolirii
• Urocystis jaapiana
• Urocystis japonica
• Urocystis johansonii
• Urocystis junci
• Urocystis juncophila
• Urocystis kmetiana
• Urocystis koeleriae
• Urocystis komarovii
• Urocystis lagerheimii
• Urocystis leersiae
• Urocystis leimbachii
• Urocystis leucoji
• Urocystis libyca
• Urocystis lithophragmatis
• Urocystis littoralis
• Urocystis luzulae
• Urocystis lybica
• Urocystis macrospora
• Urocystis macularis
• Urocystis mayorii
• Urocystis melicae
• Urocystis miyabeana
• Urocystis monotropae
• Urocystis multispora
• Urocystis murashkinskyi
• Urocystis muscaridis
• Urocystis mustaphae
• Urocystis narcissi
• Urocystis nevodovskyi
• Urocystis nivalis
• Urocystis novae-zelandiae
• Urocystis oblonga
• Urocystis occulta
• Urocystis ornithogali
• Urocystis ornithoglossi
• Urocystis orobanches
• Urocystis oryzae
• Urocystis oryzopsidis
• Urocystis oxalidis
• Urocystis oxygraphidis
• Urocystis pacifica
• Urocystis paraquilegiae
• Urocystis paridis
• Urocystis pedicularis
• Urocystis permagna
• Urocystis phaceliae
• Urocystis phalaridis
• Urocystis phlei
• Urocystis phlei-alpini
• Urocystis picbaueri
• Urocystis poae
• Urocystis poae-palustris
• Urocystis polygonati
• Urocystis preussii
• Urocystis primulae
• Urocystis primulicola
• Urocystis pseudoanemones
• Urocystis puccinelliae
• Urocystis pulsatillae
• Urocystis pulsatillae-albae
• Urocystis qinghaiensis
• Urocystis radicicola
• Urocystis ranunculi
• Urocystis ranunculi-alpestris
• Urocystis ranunculi-aucheri
• Urocystis ranunculi-auricomi
• Urocystis ranunculi-bullati
• Urocystis ranunculi-lanuginosi
• Urocystis rechingeri
• Urocystis reinhardii
• Urocystis rigida
• Urocystis rodgersiae
• Urocystis roivainenii
• Urocystis rostrariae
• Urocystis rytzii
• Urocystis schizocaulon
• Urocystis scilloides
• Urocystis secalis-silvestris
• Urocystis sichuanensis
• Urocystis simplex
• Urocystis sinensis
• Urocystis skirgielloae
• Urocystis sophiae
• Urocystis sorosporioides
• Urocystis sternbergiae
• Urocystis stipae
• Urocystis subnuda
• Urocystis syncocca
• Urocystis tessellata
• Urocystis thaxteri
• Urocystis tianschanica
• Urocystis tothii
• Urocystis tranzscheliana
• Urocystis trautvetteriae
• Urocystis trientalis
• Urocystis trillii
• Urocystis triseti
• Urocystis tritici
• Urocystis trollii
• Urocystis uleana
• Urocystis ulei
• Urocystis ulmariae
• Urocystis ungeri
• Urocystis vesicaria
• Urocystis violae
• Urocystis vulpiae
• Urocystis wangii
• Urocystis xilinhotensis
• Urocystis yunnanensis

Notes and References

1. Book: English . 1996 . . vi + 66. Alma . Gene. McNab. Hettel. 968-6923-37-3. Bunt and Smut Diseases of Wheat : Concepts and Methods of Disease Management. CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center).
2. Web site: Urocystis alopecuri – Plant Parasites of Europe . bladmineerders.nl . 24 September 2023.
3. Web site: Species Fungorum - Search Page - Urocystis . www.speciesfungorum.org . 24 September 2023.