Bipolaris iridis (Oudem.) C.H. Dickinson
(Iris Ink Disease - causative organism)

Interactions where Bipolaris iridis 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
Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Lachenalia	a garden plant	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Bipolaris iridis/	Bipolaris iridis	iris ink disease (causative organism)			colony	Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Lachenalia/	Lachenalia	a garden plant		live	leaf		Minor
Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Crocosmia pottsii x aurea = C. x crocosmiiflora	montbretia	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Bipolaris iridis/	Bipolaris iridis	iris ink disease (causative organism)			colony	Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Crocosmia pottsii x aurea = C. x crocosmiiflora/	Crocosmia pottsii x aurea = C. x crocosmiiflora	montbretia		live	leaf		Minor
Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Iris (Xiphium)	smooth-bulbed bulbous irises	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Bipolaris iridis/	Bipolaris iridis	iris ink disease (causative organism)			colony	Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris (Xiphium)/	Iris (Xiphium)	smooth-bulbed bulbous irises		live	leaf		Major
Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf (base)			Iris (Xiphium)	smooth-bulbed bulbous irises	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Bipolaris iridis/	Bipolaris iridis	iris ink disease (causative organism)			colony	Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris (Xiphium)/	Iris (Xiphium)	smooth-bulbed bulbous irises		live	leaf (base)		Major
Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages senescent leaf			Iris (Xiphium)	smooth-bulbed bulbous irises	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Bipolaris iridis/	Bipolaris iridis	iris ink disease (causative organism)			colony	Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris (Xiphium)/	Iris (Xiphium)	smooth-bulbed bulbous irises		senescent	leaf		Major
Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf (base)			Iris latifolia	English Iris	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Bipolaris iridis (Oudemans) comb. nov., Dickinson, C.H., 1966	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Bipolaris iridis/	Bipolaris iridis	iris ink disease (causative organism)			colony	Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris latifolia/	Iris latifolia	english iris		live	leaf (base)
Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf (base)			Iris tingitana x xyphium var praecox	an iris	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Bipolaris iridis (Oudemans) comb. nov., Dickinson, C.H., 1966	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Bipolaris iridis/	Bipolaris iridis	iris ink disease (causative organism)			colony	Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris tingitana x xyphium var. praecox/	Iris tingitana x xyphium var. praecox	an iris		live	leaf (base)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dickinson, C.H., 1966	Bipolaris iridis (Oudemans) comb. nov.	TBMS Vol 49 (4): 577-578, IN8.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Bipolaris iridis (Iris Ink Disease - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Bipolaris iridis (Iris Ink Disease - causative organism) 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:

Species	Bipolaris iridis (Iris Ink Disease - causative organism)
Genus	Bipolaris (a genus of ascomycetes)
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)

Bipolaris iridis 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 Bipolaris iridis (Iris Ink Disease - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dickinson, C.H.	1966	Bipolaris iridis (Oudemans) comb. nov.	TBMS Vol 49 (4): 577-578, IN8.

Bipolaris iridis (Iris Ink Disease - causative organism) may also 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)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Bipolaris iridis (Iris Ink Disease - causative organism):

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

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))

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