Ascochyta festucae Punith.
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Ascochyta festucae 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
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph (immersed)		immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fading leaf			Festuca ovina agg.	sheep’s fescue agg.	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta festucae/	Ascochyta festucae	a coelomycete		immersed	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./	Festuca ovina agg.	sheep's fescue agg.		fading	leaf
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph (immersed)		immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Festuca ovina agg.	sheep’s fescue agg.	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta festucae/	Ascochyta festucae	a coelomycete		immersed	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./	Festuca ovina agg.	sheep's fescue agg.		dead	leaf
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph (immersed)		immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on fading leaf			Festuca rubra agg.	red fescues	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta festucae/	Ascochyta festucae	a coelomycete		immersed	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./	Festuca rubra agg.	red fescues		fading	leaf
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph (immersed)		immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Festuca rubra agg.	red fescues	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta festucae/	Ascochyta festucae	a coelomycete		immersed	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./	Festuca rubra agg.	red fescues		dead	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

Ascochyta festucae (a coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ascochyta festucae (a coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Ascochyta festucae (a coelomycete)
Genus	Ascochyta (a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)
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)

Ascochyta festucae is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Ascochyta)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Ascochyta festucae (a coelomycete)

Ascochyta festucae (a coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ascochyta festucae (a coelomycete):

Ascochyta
(a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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