Botrytis paeoniae Oudem.
(Peony Blight - causative organism)

Interactions where Botrytis paeoniae 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 wilted shoots (young)			Convallaria majalis	Lily-of-the-valley	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis paeoniae/	Botrytis paeoniae	peony blight (causative organism)			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Convallaria majalis/	Convallaria majalis	lily-of-the-valley		wilted	shoots (young)				(spring)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages wilted leaf (mature)			Convallaria majalis	Lily-of-the-valley	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis paeoniae/	Botrytis paeoniae	peony blight (causative organism)			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Convallaria majalis/	Convallaria majalis	lily-of-the-valley		wilted	leaf (mature)				(summer)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		sclerotium of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages wilted leaf (mature)			Paeonia	peonies	Saxifragales: Paeoniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis paeoniae/	Botrytis paeoniae	peony blight (causative organism)			sclerotium	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Paeoniaceae/Paeonia/	Paeonia	peonies		wilted	leaf (mature)				(summer)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		sclerotium of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages wilted shoots (young)			Paeonia	peonies	Saxifragales: Paeoniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis paeoniae/	Botrytis paeoniae	peony blight (causative organism)			sclerotium	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Paeoniaceae/Paeonia/	Paeonia	peonies		wilted	shoots (young)				(spring)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages wilted leaf (mature)			Paeonia	peonies	Saxifragales: Paeoniaceae	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 paeoniae/	Botrytis paeoniae	peony blight (causative organism)			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Paeoniaceae/Paeonia/	Paeonia	peonies		wilted	leaf (mature)				(summer)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages wilted shoots (young)			Paeonia	peonies	Saxifragales: Paeoniaceae	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 paeoniae/	Botrytis paeoniae	peony blight (causative organism)			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Paeoniaceae/Paeonia/	Paeonia	peonies		wilted	shoots (young)				(spring)

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 paeoniae (Peony Blight - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Botrytis paeoniae (Peony Blight - 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:

Anamorphic Species	Botrytis paeoniae (Peony Blight - causative organism)
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 paeoniae (Peony Blight - causative organism)

Botrytis paeoniae (Peony Blight - 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)

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 paeoniae (Peony Blight - 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)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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