Asteromella platanoidis (Sacc.) Petr.
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Asteromella platanoidis 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
Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph (hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups)		hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups pycnidium of Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading leaf of seedling			Acer platanoides	Norway Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asteromella platanoidis/	Asteromella platanoidis	a coelomycete		hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups	pycnidium	Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer platanoides/	Acer platanoides	Norway maple		fading	leaf	seedling			(6-11)
Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph (hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups)		hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups pycnidium of Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf of seedling			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asteromella platanoidis/	Asteromella platanoidis	a coelomycete		hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups	pycnidium	Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		live	leaf	seedling			(6-11)
Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph (hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups)		hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups pycnidium of Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading cotyledon of seedling			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Asteromella platanoidis/	Asteromella platanoidis	a coelomycete		hypophyllous, immersed, densely clustered into groups	pycnidium	Asteromella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		fading	cotyledon	seedling			(6-11)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Asteromella platanoidis (a coelomycete)
Genus	Asteromella (a genus of coelomycetes)
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)

Asteromella platanoidis is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
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 Asteromella platanoidis (a coelomycete)

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

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Phyllosticta platanoidis appears to be the fore-runner of Phloeospora pseudoplatani Bubak. Both are undoubtedly stages of Leptothyrium platanoidis Pass.

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