Mastigosporium album Riess
(an anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Mastigosporium album 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
Mastigosporium anamorph colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on leaf Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dog’s-tail Poales: Poaceae Studies on the genus Mastigosporium I. General account of the species and their host ranges, Bollard, E.G., 1950
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/Mastigosporium albuman anamorphic funguscolonyMastigosporium anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cynosurus cristatus/Cynosurus cristatuscrested dog’s-tailleaf
Mastigosporium anamorph colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on leaf UK/Ireland Alopecurus geniculatus Marsh Foxtail Poales: Poaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/Mastigosporium albuman anamorphic funguscolonyMastigosporium anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus geniculatus/Alopecurus geniculatusmarsh foxtailleaf
Mastigosporium anamorph colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on leaf Foreign Alopecurus myosuroides Black-grass Poales: Poaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/Mastigosporium albuman anamorphic funguscolonyMastigosporium anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus myosuroides/Alopecurus myosuroidesblack-grassleaf
Mastigosporium anamorph colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on leaf UK/IrelandMajor Alopecurus pratensis Meadow Foxtail Poales: Poaceae Studies on the genus Mastigosporium I. General account of the species and their host ranges, Bollard, E.G., 1950
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetation, Fletcher, H.J., 1976
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/Mastigosporium albuman anamorphic funguscolonyMastigosporium anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailleafMajor
Mastigosporium anamorph colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on leaf Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hair-grass Poales: Poaceae Studies on the genus Mastigosporium I. General account of the species and their host ranges, Bollard, E.G., 1950
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/Mastigosporium albuman anamorphic funguscolonyMastigosporium anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia cespitosa/Deschampsia cespitosatufted hair-grassleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bollard, E.G., 1950Studies on the genus Mastigosporium I. General account of the species and their host rangesTBMS Vol 33 (3+4): 250-264.
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fletcher, H.J., 1976Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetationVol 10 (1)

Mastigosporium album (an anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mastigosporium album (an anamorphic fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesMastigosporium album (an anamorphic fungus)
GenusMastigosporium (a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes causing grass leaf-spots)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mastigosporium album (an anamorphic fungus)

Mastigosporium album (an anamorphic fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mastigosporium album (an anamorphic fungus):

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