Leveillula taurica (Lév.) G. Arnaud
(Mediterranean Poinsettia Powdery Mildew)

Interactions where Leveillula taurica 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
		parasitises			Callistephus chinensis	China Aster	Asterales: Asteraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Callistephus chinensis/	Callistephus chinensis	China aster
		parasitises			Cynara cardunculus	Cardoon, Globe Artichoke	Asterales: Asteraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cynara cardunculus/	Cynara cardunculus	cardoon, globe artichoke
cleistothecium		cleistothecium parasitises			Cynara scolymus	Globe Artichoke	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cynara scolymus/	Cynara scolymus	globe artichoke					Minor
Oidiopsis anamorph		Oidiopsis anamorph parasitises			Cynara scolymus	Globe Artichoke	Asterales: Asteraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew				Oidiopsis anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cynara scolymus/	Cynara scolymus	globe artichoke
		parasitises			Campanula glomerata	Clustered Bellflower	Asterales: Campanulaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Campanula glomerata/	Campanula glomerata	clustered bellflower
		parasitises			Campanula rapunculoides	Creeping Bellflower	Asterales: Campanulaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Campanula rapunculoides/	Campanula rapunculoides	creeping bellflower
Leveillula anamorph		Leveillula anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Euphorbia pulcherrima	Poinsettia	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Watch out for Poinsettia problems, Anon., 2009	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew				Leveillula anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia pulcherrima/	Euphorbia pulcherrima	poinsettia		live	leaf
cleistothecium		cleistothecium parasitises			Helianthemum nummularium	Common Rockrose	Malvales: Cistaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum nummularium/	Helianthemum nummularium	common rockrose					Minor
Oidiopsis anamorph		Oidiopsis anamorph parasitises			Helianthemum nummularium	Common Rockrose	Malvales: Cistaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew				Oidiopsis anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum nummularium/	Helianthemum nummularium	common rockrose
		parasitises			Helianthemum rhodanthecarneum	a rock-rose	Malvales: Cistaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum rhodanthecarneum/	Helianthemum rhodanthecarneum	a rock-rose
		parasitises			Alcea rosea	Hollyhock	Malvales: Malvaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Alcea rosea/	Alcea rosea	hollyhock
		parasitises			Parietaria judaica	Pellitory-of-the-wall	Rosales: Urticaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Leveillula taurica/	Leveillula taurica	mediterranean poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Parietaria judaica/	Parietaria judaica	pellitory-of-the-wall

Leveillula taurica (Mediterranean Poinsettia Powdery Mildew) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Leveillula taurica (Mediterranean Poinsettia Powdery Mildew) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ERYSIPHACEAE
(powdery mildews)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2009	Watch out for Poinsettia problems	Plant Clinic News Nov: 2.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Leveillula taurica (Mediterranean Poinsettia Powdery Mildew)
Genus	Leveillula (a genus of fungi)
Family	ERYSIPHACEAE (powdery mildews)
Order	ERYSIPHALES (powdery mildews)
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)

Leveillula taurica is also a member of:
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 Leveillula taurica (Mediterranean Poinsettia Powdery Mildew)

Leveillula taurica (Mediterranean Poinsettia Powdery Mildew) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ERYSIPHALES
(powdery mildews)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Leveillula taurica (Mediterranean Poinsettia Powdery Mildew):

ERYSIPHACEAE
(powdery mildews)

ERYSIPHALES
(powdery mildews)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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