Diplodia pyrenophora (Berk. ex Sacc.) Crous & M.E. Palm
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Diplodia pyrenophora 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
Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph (thinly stromatic, crowded)		thinly stromatic, crowded pycnidium of Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph feeds on twig			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia pyrenophora/	Diplodia pyrenophora	a coelomycete		thinly stromatic, crowded	pycnidium	Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows			twig
Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph (thinly stromatic)		thinly stromatic pycnidium of Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia pyrenophora/	Diplodia pyrenophora	a coelomycete		thinly stromatic	pycnidium	Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		dead	twig				(5,9)
Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph (thinly stromatic)		thinly stromatic pycnidium of Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig			Pyrus communis s.l.	pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia pyrenophora/	Diplodia pyrenophora	a coelomycete		thinly stromatic	pycnidium	Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./	Pyrus communis s.l.	pear		dead	twig				(5,9)
Dothichiza anamorph		Dothichiza anamorph infects and damages live branch (small)			Sorbus	whitebeams	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia pyrenophora/	Diplodia pyrenophora	a coelomycete				Dothichiza anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/	Sorbus	whitebeams		live	branch (small)				(3-4)
pseudothecium (stromatic)		stromatic pseudothecium infects and damages live branch (small)			Sorbus	whitebeams	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia pyrenophora/	Diplodia pyrenophora	a coelomycete		stromatic		pseudothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/	Sorbus	whitebeams		live	branch (small)				(9-1)
stroma (gregarious, erumpent)		gregarious, erumpent stroma infects and damages live branch (small)			Sorbus	whitebeams	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia pyrenophora/	Diplodia pyrenophora	a coelomycete		gregarious, erumpent		stroma	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/	Sorbus	whitebeams		live	branch (small)				(9-1)
Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph (often stromatic)		often stromatic pycnidium of Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig			Sorbus aucuparia	Rowan, Mountain Ash	Rosales: Rosaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia pyrenophora/	Diplodia pyrenophora	a coelomycete		often stromatic	pycnidium	Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/	Sorbus aucuparia	rowan, mountain ash		dead	twig				(3-4)
Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph (often stromatic)		often stromatic pycnidium of Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch			Sorbus aucuparia	Rowan, Mountain Ash	Rosales: Rosaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia pyrenophora/	Diplodia pyrenophora	a coelomycete		often stromatic	pycnidium	Dothiorella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/	Sorbus aucuparia	rowan, mountain ash		dead	branch				(3-4)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

Diplodia pyrenophora (a coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Diplodia pyrenophora (a coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic variety	Diplodia pyrenophora (a coelomycete)
Genus	Diplodia (a form genus of coelomycetes)
Family	BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	BOTRYOSPHAERIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
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)

Diplodia pyrenophora is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Diplodia)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
Lichenes - lichens (via Botryosphaeriales)
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 Diplodia pyrenophora (a coelomycete)

Diplodia pyrenophora (a coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Diplodia pyrenophora (a coelomycete):

BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Doubtless and immature form of Botryodiplodia pyrenophora.

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