Mycosphaerella deightonii M. Morelet
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Mycosphaerella deightonii 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
Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph (concentrically arranged)		concentrically arranged colony of Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on dead leaf			Agave	agaves	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella deightonii/	Mycosphaerella deightonii	an ascomycete		concentrically arranged	colony	Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Agave/	Agave	agaves		dead	leaf
Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph (concentrically arranged)		concentrically arranged colony of Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on dead leaf			Dracaena	dragon trees	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella deightonii/	Mycosphaerella deightonii	an ascomycete		concentrically arranged	colony	Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Dracaena/	Dracaena	dragon trees		dead	leaf
Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph (concentrically arranged)		concentrically arranged colony of Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on dead leaf			Yucca	yuccas, spanish daggers	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella deightonii/	Mycosphaerella deightonii	an ascomycete		concentrically arranged	colony	Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Yucca/	Yucca	yuccas, spanish daggers		dead	leaf
Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph (concentrically arranged)		concentrically arranged colony of Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on dead leaf			Yucca filamentosa	Adam’s-needle	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella deightonii/	Mycosphaerella deightonii	an ascomycete		concentrically arranged	colony	Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Yucca filamentosa/	Yucca filamentosa	Adam's-needle		dead	leaf
Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph (concentrically arranged)		concentrically arranged colony of Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on dead leaf			Yucca gloriosa	Spanish-dagger	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella deightonii/	Mycosphaerella deightonii	an ascomycete		concentrically arranged	colony	Pseudocercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Yucca gloriosa/	Yucca gloriosa	spanish-dagger		dead	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Mycosphaerella deightonii (an ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Mycosphaerella deightonii (an ascomycete) 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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mycosphaerella deightonii (an ascomycete)
Genus	Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (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)

Mycosphaerella deightonii 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 Mycosphaerella deightonii (an ascomycete)

Mycosphaerella deightonii (an ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

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 Mycosphaerella deightonii (an ascomycete):

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Apparently causes leaf spots on dead leaves of Yucca etc, but not formally recorded as British and the anamorph is omitted from Braun’s monograph.

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