Botrytis galanthina (Berk. & Broome) Sacc.
(Galanthus Grey Mould Blight, Snowdrop Grey Mould)

Interactions where Botrytis galanthina 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 (effuse)		effuse colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live flower			Galanthus	snowdrops	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		effuse	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus/	Galanthus	snowdrops		live	flower
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, stunted, sometimes decaying to ground level shoot			Galanthus	snowdrops	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		effuse	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus/	Galanthus	snowdrops		live, stunted, sometimes decaying to ground level	shoot
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf (young)			Galanthus	snowdrops	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		effuse	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus/	Galanthus	snowdrops		live	leaf (young)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live bulb			Galanthus	snowdrops	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		effuse	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus/	Galanthus	snowdrops		live	bulb
sclerotium (abundant)		abundant sclerotium infects and damages rotting bulb			Galanthus	snowdrops	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	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/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		abundant		sclerotium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus/	Galanthus	snowdrops		rotting	bulb		Minor
sclerotium (abundant)		abundant sclerotium infects and damages rotting leaf			Galanthus	snowdrops	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		abundant		sclerotium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus/	Galanthus	snowdrops		rotting	leaf
sclerotium (abundant)		abundant sclerotium infects and damages rotting shoot			Galanthus	snowdrops	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		abundant		sclerotium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus/	Galanthus	snowdrops		rotting	shoot
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live bulb			Galanthus nivalis	Snowdrop	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		effuse	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus nivalis/	Galanthus nivalis	snowdrop		live	bulb		Major
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live flower			Galanthus nivalis	Snowdrop	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		effuse	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus nivalis/	Galanthus nivalis	snowdrop		live	flower		Major
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, stunted shoot			Galanthus nivalis	Snowdrop	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		effuse	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus nivalis/	Galanthus nivalis	snowdrop		live, stunted	shoot		Major
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf (young)			Galanthus nivalis	Snowdrop	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		effuse	colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus nivalis/	Galanthus nivalis	snowdrop		live	leaf (young)		Major
sclerotium (abundant)		abundant sclerotium infects and damages rotting bulb			Galanthus nivalis	Snowdrop	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis galanthina/	Botrytis galanthina	Galanthus grey mould blight, snowdrop grey mould		abundant		sclerotium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Galanthus nivalis/	Galanthus nivalis	snowdrop		rotting	bulb		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Botrytis galanthina (Galanthus Grey Mould Blight, Snowdrop Grey Mould) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Botrytis galanthina (Galanthus Grey Mould Blight, Snowdrop Grey Mould) 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	Botrytis galanthina (Galanthus Grey Mould Blight, Snowdrop Grey Mould)
Genus	Botrytis (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
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)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Botrytis galanthina (Galanthus Grey Mould Blight, Snowdrop Grey Mould)

Botrytis galanthina (Galanthus Grey Mould Blight, Snowdrop Grey Mould) 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)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Botrytis galanthina (Galanthus Grey Mould Blight, Snowdrop Grey Mould):

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)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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