Discula destructiva
(Cornus Anthracnose and Dieback)

Interactions where Discula destructiva 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
		infects and damages live leaf (lower)			Cornus	dogwoods	Cornales: Cornaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Discula destructiva/	Discula destructiva	cornus anthracnose and dieback					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Cornaceae/Cornus/	Cornus	dogwoods		live	leaf (lower)
		infects and damages live stem			Cornus	dogwoods	Cornales: Cornaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Discula destructiva/	Discula destructiva	cornus anthracnose and dieback					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Cornaceae/Cornus/	Cornus	dogwoods		live	stem
		infects and damages live leaf (lower)			Cornus florida	Flowering Dogwood	Cornales: Cornaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Discula destructiva/	Discula destructiva	cornus anthracnose and dieback					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Cornaceae/Cornus florida/	Cornus florida	flowering dogwood		live	leaf (lower)		Major
		infects and damages live stem			Cornus florida	Flowering Dogwood	Cornales: Cornaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Discula destructiva/	Discula destructiva	cornus anthracnose and dieback					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Cornaceae/Cornus florida/	Cornus florida	flowering dogwood		live	stem		Major
		infects and damages live leaf (lower)			Cornus nuttallii	a dogwood	Cornales: Cornaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Discula destructiva/	Discula destructiva	cornus anthracnose and dieback					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Cornaceae/Cornus nuttallii/	Cornus nuttallii	a dogwood		live	leaf (lower)		Major
		infects and damages live stem			Cornus nuttallii	a dogwood	Cornales: Cornaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Discula destructiva/	Discula destructiva	cornus anthracnose and dieback					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Cornaceae/Cornus nuttallii/	Cornus nuttallii	a dogwood		live	stem		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Discula destructiva (Cornus Anthracnose and Dieback) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Discula destructiva (Cornus Anthracnose and Dieback) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Discula destructiva (Cornus Anthracnose and Dieback)
Genus	Discula (a genus of pyrenomycetes)
Family	VALSACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	DIAPORTHALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Discula destructiva is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Discula destructiva (Cornus Anthracnose and Dieback) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Discula destructiva (Cornus Anthracnose and Dieback):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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