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Ustilago avenae (Oat Loose Smut)
(Pers.) Rostr. 1890
Basidiomycota > Ustilaginomycetes > Ustilaginales > Ustilaginaceae
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Species List

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Beetley, Roosting Hills TF9818Brancaster, Barrow Common TF7943Castle Acre TF8215Catfield Fen TG3720Cawston Heath TG1624Cranwich Camp TL7794Cranwich Heath TL7793Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795Dereham, Lolly Moor TF9910Ditchingham, Broome Fruit Farm TM3492East Walton Common TF7316East Wretham Heath TL9088Edgefield TG0934Foxley Wood TG0522Hickling Broad TG4222Holme Dunes TF7144Holt Lowes TG0937Horning, Bure Valley Marshes TG3316Horstead, Heggatt Hall TG2718Hoveton Hall TG3120Hoveton Hall, Ice Well Wood TG3119Hunstanton TF6741Ickburgh TL8196Litcham Common TF8816Narborough, railway cutting TF7511Neatishead, Threehammer Common TG3419North Elmham TF9822Norwich, Bluebell Allotments (South) TG2007Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG2009Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West TG2009Norwich, Sweet Briar Marshes (West) TG2009Norwich, Train Wood TG2209Roydon Common TF6822Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF8929Snettisham TF6834Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0032Thompson Common TL9396Weeting Heath TL7588Welborne TG0609West Acre TF7714

Summary

48 records from 40 different sites
Years (# of records): 1981 (1) 1986 (2) 1988 (3) 1989 (2) 1990 (3) 1991 (1) 1993 (1) 1995 (2) 1997 (4) 2020 (2) 2021 (8) 2022 (1) 2023 (2) 2024 (12) 2025 (4)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Association: Arrhenatherum elatius
Substrates: anther; anthers; anthers, live; floret; flower; flower head; flowerhead, living; flowers; inflorescence; living flower; living leaf; ovary
Finders: Anne Harrap; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Keith Fox; R.E. Evans; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech
Identifiers: Anne Harrap; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Keith Fox; R.E. Evans; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech
Confirmer: Jeremy Bartlett
Comment: 'On tall oat grass. Under-recorded but seen in very many areas since 1975'

Record Details

00/00/1981 Narborough, railway cutting; TF7413; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/07/1986 Welborne; TG0609; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "On tall oat grass. Under-recorded but seen in very many areas since 1975"
06/07/1986 Holt Lowes; TG0937; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
03/07/1988 East Wretham Heath; TL9088; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
19/07/1988 Beetley, Roosting Hills; TF9818; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
14/08/1988 North Elmham; TF9822; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
30/06/1989 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
23/07/1989 Cranwich Heath; TL7793; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
12/08/1990 Brancaster, Barrow Common; TF7943; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
18/08/1990 Horning, Bure Valley Marshes; TG3316; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
26/08/1990 Horstead, Heggatt Hall; TG2718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
02/08/1991 Dereham, Lolly Moor; TF9910; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/06/1993 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/06/1995 Roydon Common; TF6822; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
18/07/1995 Welborne; TG0609; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/06/1997 Cawston Heath; TG1624; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/06/1997 Ditchingham, Broome Fruit Farm; TM3492; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
08/07/1997 Litcham Common; TF8816; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
20/07/1997 Welborne; TG0609; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
07/06/2020 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
15/06/2020 Hoveton Hall; TG313202; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
19/06/2021 East Walton Common; TF7316; Arrhenatherum elatius; anther; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
19/06/2021 Narborough, railway cutting; TF752116; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
21/06/2021 Hoveton Hall, Ice Well Wood; TG315196; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
21/06/2021 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; Arrhenatherum elatius; flower; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
26/06/2021 Hickling Broad; TG426221; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
02/07/2021 Norwich, Train Wood; TG224095; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; James Emerson; James Emerson; Lit. cited: 259
; Additional NotesNote that Kruse (2019a) treats the smut on Arrhenatherum elatius as a valid separate species, Ustilago perennans, (per Plant Parasites of Europe; Bladmineerders.nl)

04/07/2021 Catfield Fen; TG373208; Arrhenatherum elatius; flower; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
22/07/2021 Neatishead, Threehammer Common; TG344197; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
02/06/2022 Norwich, Sweet Briar Marshes (West); TG202097; Arrhenatherum elatius; anthers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
01/06/2023 Edgefield; TG096346; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Anne Harrap; Anne Harrap
16/09/2023 West Acre; TF7714; Arrhenatherum elatius; anthers, live; James Emerson; James Emerson
07/06/2024 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL771953; Arrhenatherum elatius; living flower; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
15/06/2024 Ickburgh; TL811963; Arrhenatherum elatius; floret; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
16/06/2024 Ickburgh; TL820966; Arrhenatherum elatius; floret; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
17/06/2024 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; Arrhenatherum elatius; flowers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
18/06/2024 Snettisham; TF682345; Arrhenatherum elatius; flower head; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
23/06/2024 Norwich, Bluebell Allotments (South); TG204078; Arrhenatherum elatius; flowers; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
23/06/2024 Thompson Common; TL937964; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
27/06/2024 Hunstanton; TF672415; Arrhenatherum elatius; flower head; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
29/06/2024 Castle Acre; TF825155; Arrhenatherum elatius; flower head; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
03/07/2024 Holme Dunes; TF7144; Arrhenatherum elatius; flower head; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
14/07/2024 Foxley Wood; TG057226; Arrhenatherum elatius; flowerhead, living; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; Jeremy Bartlett
24/08/2024 Weeting Heath; TL7588; Arrhenatherum elatius; floret; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
28/05/2025 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG204090; Arrhenatherum elatius; ovary; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
05/06/2025 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West; TG204090; Arrhenatherum elatius; ovary; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
08/06/2025 Cranwich Camp; TL7794; Arrhenatherum elatius; inflorescence; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
23/07/2025 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF899299; Arrhenatherum elatius; living leaf; Keith Fox; Keith Fox

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