Cercospora beticola Sacc.
(a beet leaf-spot fungus)

Interactions where Cercospora beticola 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
Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Beta vulgaris	Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora beticola/	Cercospora beticola	a beet leaf-spot fungus		amphigenous	colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris	beet		live	leaf
Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on wilting leaf			Beta vulgaris	Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora beticola/	Cercospora beticola	a beet leaf-spot fungus		amphigenous	colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris	beet		wilting	leaf
Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Beta vulgaris ssp cicla	Foliage Beet, Leaf Beet, Mangold	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora beticola/	Cercospora beticola	a beet leaf-spot fungus			colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla/	Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla	foliage beet, leaf beet, mangold		live	leaf		Minor
Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Beta vulgaris ssp cicla var cicla	Spinach Beet, Perpetual Spinach	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora beticola/	Cercospora beticola	a beet leaf-spot fungus			colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla var. cicla/	Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla var. cicla	spinach beet, perpetual spinach		live	leaf		Minor
Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var altissima	Sugar Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora beticola/	Cercospora beticola	a beet leaf-spot fungus			colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. altissima/	Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. altissima	sugar beet		live	leaf		Major
Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var vulgaris	Beetroot, Red Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora beticola/	Cercospora beticola	a beet leaf-spot fungus			colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. vulgaris	beetroot, red beet		live	leaf

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
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Cercospora beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cercospora
(a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cercospora beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus) 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	Cercospora beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus)
Genus	Cercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
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)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cercospora beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Groenewald, J.Z. et al	2013	Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses	Stud. Mycol. Vol 75: 115-170.

Cercospora beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cercospora
(a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Pons, N., Sutton, B.C. & Gay, J.L.	1985	Ultrastructure of conidiogenesis in Cercospora beticola	TBMS Vol 85 (3): 405-416.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cercospora beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus):

Cercospora
(a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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