Cylindrocladium buxicola Henricot
(Box Blight)

Interactions where Cylindrocladium buxicola 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
Cylindrocladium dematiaceous anamorph colony of Cylindrocladium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf UK/Ireland Buxus sempervirens Box Buxales: Buxaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
Box blight, Anon., 2007
A new blight disease on Buxus in the UK caused by the fungus Cylindrocladium, Henricot, B., Pérez-Sierra, A. & Prior, C., 2000
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Cylindrocladium buxicola/Cylindrocladium buxicolabox blightcolonyCylindrocladium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Buxales/Buxaceae/Buxus sempervirens/Buxus sempervirensboxliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
RHSRHS Gardening For Allwww.rhs.org.uk/index.asp
Anon., 2007Box blightPlant Clinic News Nov 07: 1.
Henricot, B., Pérez-Sierra, A. & Prior, C., 2000A new blight disease on Buxus in the UK caused by the fungus CylindrocladiumNew Disease Reports Vol 1.

Cylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesCylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight)
GenusCylindrocladium (a genus of anamorphic fungi)
FamilyNECTRIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
OrderHYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2007 Box blight Plant Clinic News Nov 07: 1.
Henricot, B., Pérez-Sierra, A. & Prior, C. 2000 A new blight disease on Buxus in the UK caused by the fungus Cylindrocladium New Disease Reports Vol 1.

Cylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cylindrocladium buxicola (Box Blight):

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