Colletotrichum malvarum (A. Braun & Casp.) Southw.
(Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism)

Interactions where Colletotrichum malvarum 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
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem			Lavatera	tree-mallows	Malvales: Malvaceae	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/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows		live	stem
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Lavatera	tree-mallows	Malvales: Malvaceae	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 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows		live	leaf
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf (stalk)			Lavatera	tree-mallows	Malvales: Malvaceae	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/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows		live	leaf (stalk)
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Lavatera trimestris	Royal Mallow	Malvales: Malvaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera trimestris/	Lavatera trimestris	royal mallow		live	leaf
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Lavatera x clementii cv Rosea	a tree mallow	Malvales: Malvaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera x clementii cv Rosea/	Lavatera x clementii cv Rosea	a tree mallow		live	leaf
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live stem			Malva	mallows	Malvales: Malvaceae	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/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows		live	stem

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

Colletotrichum malvarum (Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Colletotrichum malvarum (Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Colletotrichum malvarum (Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism)
Genus	Colletotrichum (a form genus of coelomycetes)
Family	GLOMERELLACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	HYPOCREOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Colletotrichum malvarum is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Colletotrichum)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Colletotrichum malvarum (Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism)

Colletotrichum malvarum (Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Colletotrichum
(a form genus of coelomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Colletotrichum malvarum (Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism):

Colletotrichum
(a form genus of coelomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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