Monilinia fructigena Honey
(Apple Brown Rot - causative organism)

Interactions where Monilinia fructigena 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
is spread by Curculio nucum Nut Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism) Animal / vector /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Curculio nucum/Curculio nucumnut weevil
infects and damages live nut Corylus avellana Hazel Fagales: Betulaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Fungal foes in your garden no 28: Brown rot, Fox, R.T.V., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism) Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/Corylus avellanahazellivenut
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit UK/Ireland Cydonia oblonga Quince Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain, Wormauld, H., 1940
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cydonia oblonga/Cydonia oblongaquincelive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
apothecium (long-stalked, yellowish to greyish brown, gregarious) Rare long-stalked, yellowish to greyish brown, gregarious apothecium is saprobic on overwintered, mummified fruit Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)long-stalked, yellowish to greyish brown, gregariousapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusapplesoverwintered, mummifiedfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusappleslive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit UK/IrelandMajor Malus pumila Apple Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae), Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2003
Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain, Wormauld, H., 1940
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/Malus pumilaapplelive, fallen, brown-rottenfruitMajor
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages spur shoot Major Malus pumila Apple Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes), Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000
Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae), Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2003
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/Malus pumilaapplespur shootMajor
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit Mespilus germanica Medlar Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Mespilus germanica/Mespilus germanicamedlarlive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit Prunus armeniaca Apricot Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus armeniaca/Prunus armeniacaapricotlive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit Prunus avium cv Ornamental Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium cv/Prunus avium cvornamental cherrylive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit UK/Ireland Prunus cerasus Dwarf Cherry, Sour Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain, Wormauld, H., 1940
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus cerasus/Prunus cerasusdwarf cherry, sour cherrylive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit UK/Ireland Prunus domestica ssp domestica Plum Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain, Wormauld, H., 1940
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. domestica/Prunus domestica subsp. domesticaplumlive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit UK/Ireland Prunus domestica ssp insititia Damson, Bullace Rosales: Rosaceae Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain, Wormauld, H., 1940
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica subsp. insititia/Prunus domestica subsp. insititiadamson, bullacelive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit Prunus dulcis Almond Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus dulcis/Prunus dulcisalmondlive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit UK/IrelandCaptivity Prunus persica var nectarina Nectarine Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain, Wormauld, H., 1940
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus persica var nectarina/Prunus persica var nectarinanectarinelive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit UK/IrelandCaptivity Prunus persica var persica Peach Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain, Wormauld, H., 1940
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus persica var. persica/Prunus persica var. persicapeachlive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
Monilia dematiaceous anamorph sporodochium of Monilia dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, fallen, brown-rotten fruit Pyrus communis Pear Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Monilinia fructigena/Monilinia fructigenaapple brown rot (causative organism)sporodochiumMonilia dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis/Pyrus communispearlive, fallen, brown-rottenfruit

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fox, R.T.V., 1995Fungal foes in your garden no 28: Brown rotMycologist Vol 09 (2): 85.
Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes)Nordic Macromycetes, 1, 309pp, Nordsvamp, Copenhagen
Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2003Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae)Mycologist Vol 17 (3): 111-115.
Wormauld, H., 1940Host plants of the brown rot fungi in BritainTBMS Vol 24(1): 20-28,I,II.

Monilinia fructigena (Apple Brown Rot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Monilinia fructigena (Apple Brown Rot - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMonilinia fructigena (Apple Brown Rot - causative organism)
GenusMonilinia (a genus of discomycete fungi)
FamilySCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
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 Monilinia fructigena (Apple Brown Rot - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J. 2003 Teaching techniques for mycology: 21. Sclerotinia, Botrytis and Monilia (Ascomycota, Leotiales, Sclerotiniaceae) Mycologist Vol 17 (3): 111-115.

Monilinia fructigena (Apple Brown Rot - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fox, R.T.V. 1995 Fungal foes in your garden no 28: Brown rot Mycologist Vol 09 (2): 85.

Host List

Wormauld, H. 1940 Host plants of the brown rot fungi in Britain TBMS Vol 24(1): 20-28,I,II.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Monilinia fructigena (Apple Brown Rot - causative organism):

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