Botryotinia polyblastis (P.H. Greg.) N.F. Buchw.
(Narcissus Fire Disease - causative organism)

Interactions where Botryotinia polyblastis 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
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, blotched leaf			Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia polyblastis/	Botryotinia polyblastis	Narcissus fire disease - causative organism			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus/	Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi		live, blotched	leaf
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live flower			Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia polyblastis/	Botryotinia polyblastis	Narcissus fire disease - causative organism			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus/	Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi		live	flower
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (large black over-wintering)		large black over-wintering sclerotium of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph may be found among dead debris			Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia polyblastis/	Botryotinia polyblastis	Narcissus fire disease - causative organism		large black over-wintering	sclerotium	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Plant / resting place / among		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus/	Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi		dead		debris
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium grows on dead, overwintered, sclerotioid leaf			Narcissus pseudonarcissus	Daffodil	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia polyblastis/	Botryotinia polyblastis	Narcissus fire disease - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Plant / epiphyte			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus pseudonarcissus/	Narcissus pseudonarcissus	daffodil		dead, overwintered, sclerotioid	leaf				(2-3)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (immersed)		immersed sclerotium of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live, yellow blotched leaf			Narcissus pseudonarcissus	Daffodil	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia polyblastis/	Botryotinia polyblastis	Narcissus fire disease - causative organism		immersed	sclerotium	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus pseudonarcissus/	Narcissus pseudonarcissus	daffodil		live, yellow blotched	leaf
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (immersed)		immersed sclerotium of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live, brown spotted petal			Narcissus pseudonarcissus	Daffodil	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia polyblastis/	Botryotinia polyblastis	Narcissus fire disease - causative organism		immersed	sclerotium	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus pseudonarcissus/	Narcissus pseudonarcissus	daffodil		live, brown spotted	petal

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Botryotinia polyblastis (Narcissus Fire Disease - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Botryotinia polyblastis (Narcissus Fire 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	Botryotinia polyblastis (Narcissus Fire Disease - causative organism)
Genus	Botryotinia (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	SCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Botryotinia polyblastis is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Botryotinia polyblastis (Narcissus Fire Disease - causative organism)

Botryotinia polyblastis (Narcissus Fire Disease - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Botryotinia polyblastis (Narcissus Fire Disease - causative organism):

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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