Alternaria dianthi F. Stevens & J.G. Hall
(Carnation Blight - causative organism)

Interactions where Alternaria dianthi 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
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages leaf			Dianthus barbatus	Sweet William, Sweet-William	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthi/	Alternaria dianthi	carnation blight - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus barbatus/	Dianthus barbatus	sweet William, sweet-William			leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages stem			Dianthus barbatus	Sweet William, Sweet-William	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthi/	Alternaria dianthi	carnation blight - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus barbatus/	Dianthus barbatus	sweet William, sweet-William			stem
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on leaf			Dianthus barbatus	Sweet William, Sweet-William	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthi/	Alternaria dianthi	carnation blight - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus barbatus/	Dianthus barbatus	sweet William, sweet-William			leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages leaf			Dianthus caryophyllus	Clove Pink	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthi/	Alternaria dianthi	carnation blight - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus/	Dianthus caryophyllus	clove pink			leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages stem			Dianthus caryophyllus	Clove Pink	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthi/	Alternaria dianthi	carnation blight - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus/	Dianthus caryophyllus	clove pink			stem
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on leaf			Dianthus caryophyllus	Clove Pink	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthi/	Alternaria dianthi	carnation blight - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus/	Dianthus caryophyllus	clove pink			leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on leaf			Saponaria	soapworts	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthi/	Alternaria dianthi	carnation blight - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Saponaria/	Saponaria	soapworts			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
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Alternaria dianthi (Carnation Blight - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Alternaria dianthi (Carnation Blight - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Alternaria dianthi (Carnation Blight - causative organism)
Genus	Alternaria (a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)
Family	PLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alternaria dianthi (Carnation Blight - causative organism)

Alternaria dianthi (Carnation Blight - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alternaria dianthi (Carnation Blight - causative organism):

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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