Fusarium poae (Peck) Wollenw.
(Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism))

Interactions where Fusarium poae is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
Fusarium anamorph		conidium of Fusarium anamorph is spread by			Siteroptes graminum	a grass mite		Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			conidium	Fusarium anamorph	Animal / vector			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Siteroptes graminum/	Siteroptes graminum	a grass mite
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages dead flower bud			Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids	Carnation	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids/	Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids	carnation		dead	flower bud		Major
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages distorted flower			Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids	Carnation	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids/	Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids	carnation		distorted	flower		Major
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages			Medicago sativa ssp falcata	Sickle Medick	Fabales: Fabaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. falcata/	Medicago sativa subsp. falcata	sickle medick
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages			Melilotus	melilots	Fabales: Fabaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/	Melilotus	melilots
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages ear			Agrostis	bent grasses	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis/	Agrostis	bent grasses			ear
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages ear			Avena byzantina	Algerian Oat	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena byzantina/	Avena byzantina	Algerian oat			ear
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages pink-stained ear			Avena sativa	Oat	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena sativa/	Avena sativa	oat		pink-stained	ear
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages ear			Dactylis glomerata	Cock’S Foot, Cock’s-foot	Poales: Poaceae	Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetation, Fletcher, H.J., 1976	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis glomerata/	Dactylis glomerata	cock’s foot, cock's-foot			ear
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages ear			Phleum	cat’s-tails	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phleum/	Phleum	cat's-tails			ear
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages ear			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses			ear
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages sheath			Poa pratensis s.l.	smooth meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa pratensis s.l./	Poa pratensis s.l.	smooth meadow-grasses			sheath
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages culm			Poa pratensis s.l.	smooth meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa pratensis s.l./	Poa pratensis s.l.	smooth meadow-grasses			culm
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages ear			Hordeum	barleys	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/	Hordeum	barleys			ear
Fusarium anamorph		colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages ear			Triticum	wheats	Poales: Poaceae	New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/	Fusarium poae	carnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)			colony	Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum/	Triticum	wheats			ear

Fusarium poae (Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Fusarium
(a genus of anamorphic fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fusarium poae (Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism) 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))

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. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946	New or interesting British fungi	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Fletcher, H.J., 1976	Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetation	Vol 10 (1)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Fusarium poae (Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism))
Form genus	Fusarium (a genus of anamorphic fungi)
Family	NECTRIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	HYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fusarium poae (Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M.	1946	New or interesting British fungi	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.

Fusarium poae (Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Fusarium
(a genus of anamorphic fungi)

NECTRIACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Hyphomycetes
(moulds)

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 Fusarium poae (Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism):

Fusarium
(a genus of anamorphic fungi)

NECTRIACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Hyphomycetes
(moulds)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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