Gloeotinia granigena (Quél.) T. Schumach.
(Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - causative organism)

Interactions where Gloeotinia granigena 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
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium infects and damages fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed			Bromus	a genus of bromes	Poales: Poaceae	Gloeotinia granigena, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Gloeotinia granigena/	Gloeotinia granigena	blind seed of rye grass - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Bromus/	Bromus	a genus of bromes		fallen, over-wintered, mummified	seed		Minor		(5-7)
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium infects and damages fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed			Festuca	fescue grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Gloeotinia granigena, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Gloeotinia granigena/	Gloeotinia granigena	blind seed of rye grass - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca/	Festuca	fescue grasses		fallen, over-wintered, mummified	seed		Minor		(5-7)
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium infects and damages fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed			Lolium multiflorum	Italian Rye-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Gloeotinia granigena, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Gloeotinia granigena/	Gloeotinia granigena	blind seed of rye grass - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/	Lolium multiflorum	Italian rye-grass		fallen, over-wintered, mummified	seed		Minor		(5-7)
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium infects and damages fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed			Lolium perenne	Perennial Rye-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Gloeotinia granigena, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Gloeotinia granigena/	Gloeotinia granigena	blind seed of rye grass - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium perenne/	Lolium perenne	perennial rye-grass		fallen, over-wintered, mummified	seed		Major		(5-7)
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium infects and damages fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed			Lolium temulentum	Darnel	Poales: Poaceae	Gloeotinia granigena, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Gloeotinia granigena/	Gloeotinia granigena	blind seed of rye grass - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium temulentum/	Lolium temulentum	darnel		fallen, over-wintered, mummified	seed		Minor		(5-7)
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium infects and damages fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed			Elytrigia	couch grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Gloeotinia granigena, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Gloeotinia granigena/	Gloeotinia granigena	blind seed of rye grass - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia/	Elytrigia	couch grasses		fallen, over-wintered, mummified	seed		Minor		(5-7)
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium infects and damages fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed			Secale cereale	Rye	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Gloeotinia granigena, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Gloeotinia granigena/	Gloeotinia granigena	blind seed of rye grass - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Secale cereale/	Secale cereale	rye		fallen, over-wintered, mummified	seed		Minor		(5-7)

Gloeotinia granigena (Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Gloeotinia granigena (Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

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
Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	Gloeotinia granigena	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1081.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Gloeotinia granigena (Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - causative organism)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Gloeotinia granigena is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
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 Gloeotinia granigena (Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - causative organism)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M.	1991	Gloeotinia granigena	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1081.

Gloeotinia granigena (Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gloeotinia granigena (Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - causative organism):

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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