Mycosphaerella pini Rostr. ex Munk
(Dothistroma Needle-blight, Red Band Needle Blight - causative organism)

Interactions where Mycosphaerella pini 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
ascoma (erumpent) erumpent ascoma infects and damages live needle Minor Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismerumpentascoma Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/PinuspinesliveneedleMinor
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle UK/IrelandMinor Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain, Brown, A. & Webber, J., 2008
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/PinuspinesliveneedleMinor
ascoma (erumpent) erumpent ascoma infects and damages live needle Pinus contorta var latifolia Lodgepole Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain, Brown, A. & Webber, J., 2008
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismerumpentascoma Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus contorta var. latifolia/Pinus contorta var. latifolialodgepole pineliveneedle
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle UK/IrelandMajor Pinus contorta var latifolia Lodgepole Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain, Brown, A. & Webber, J., 2008
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus contorta var. latifolia/Pinus contorta var. latifolialodgepole pineliveneedleMajor
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live branch UK/IrelandMajor Pinus contorta var latifolia Lodgepole Pine Pinales: Pinaceae /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus contorta var. latifolia/Pinus contorta var. latifolialodgepole pinelivebranchMajor
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle Foreign Pinus mugo Dwarf Mountain Pine, Dwarf Mountain-pine Pinales: Pinaceae Recent invasion of foliage fungi of pines (Pinus spp.) to the Northern Baltics, Drenkhan, R. & Hanso, M., 2009
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus mugo/Pinus mugodwarf mountain pine, dwarf mountain-pineliveneedle
ascoma (erumpent) erumpent ascoma infects and damages live needle Pinus nigra Austrian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismerumpentascoma Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra/Pinus nigraAustrian pineliveneedle
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle Pinus nigra Austrian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Recent invasion of foliage fungi of pines (Pinus spp.) to the Northern Baltics, Drenkhan, R. & Hanso, M., 2009
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra/Pinus nigraAustrian pineliveneedle
ascoma (erumpent) erumpent ascoma infects and damages live needle Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana Corsican Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain, Brown, A. & Webber, J., 2008
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismerumpentascoma Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicanaCorsican pineliveneedle
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle UK/IrelandMajor Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana Corsican Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain, Brown, A. & Webber, J., 2008
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicanaCorsican pineliveneedleMajor
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live branch UK/IrelandMajor Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana Corsican Pine Pinales: Pinaceae /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicanaCorsican pinelivebranchMajor
ascoma (erumpent) erumpent ascoma infects and damages live needle Pinus radiata Monterey Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismerumpentascoma Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus radiata/Pinus radiataMonterey pineliveneedle
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle Pinus radiata Monterey Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus radiata/Pinus radiataMonterey pineliveneedle
ascoma (erumpent) erumpent ascoma infects and damages live needle Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain, Brown, A. & Webber, J., 2008
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismerumpentascoma Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineliveneedle
Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Dothistroma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle UK/IrelandRare Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain, Brown, A. & Webber, J., 2008
Recent invasion of foliage fungi of pines (Pinus spp.) to the Northern Baltics, Drenkhan, R. & Hanso, M., 2009
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pini/Mycosphaerella piniDothistroma needle-blight, red band needle blight - causative organismDothistroma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineliveneedleRare

Author & YearTitleSource
Brown, A. & Webber, J., 2008Red band needle blight of conifers in BritainForestry Commission Research Notes, 02, 8pp, Forestry Commission
Drenkhan, R. & Hanso, M., 2009Recent invasion of foliage fungi of pines (Pinus spp.) to the Northern BalticsForestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused Vol 51: 49-64.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Mycosphaerella pini (Dothistroma Needle-blight, Red Band Needle Blight - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella pini (Dothistroma Needle-blight, Red Band Needle Blight - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycosphaerella pini (Dothistroma Needle-blight, Red Band Needle Blight - causative organism)
GenusMycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes)
FamilyMYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
OrderCAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
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 Mycosphaerella pini (Dothistroma Needle-blight, Red Band Needle Blight - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bradshaw, R.E. 2006 Fig 2. Radiata pine showing red bands characteristic of Dothistroma needle-blight. Vol 20 (4) Page: Front cover, 136
Brown, A. & Webber, J. 2008 Red band needle blight of conifers in Britain Forestry Commission Research Notes, 02, 8pp, Forestry Commission
Forest Research 2006 Path News Issue 12: May 2006
Forest Research 2005 Path News Issue 11: July 2005
Forest Research 2002 Path News Issue 1: July 2002

Mycosphaerella pini (Dothistroma Needle-blight, Red Band Needle Blight - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Drenkhan, R. & Hanso, M. 2009 Recent invasion of foliage fungi of pines (Pinus spp.) to the Northern Baltics Forestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused Vol 51: 49-64.
Forest Research 2004 Path News Issue 7: April 2004

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Mycosphaerella pini (Dothistroma Needle-blight, Red Band Needle Blight - causative organism):

A serious disease of Pines (Pinus) that has only recently arrived in this country following the wind-blown spread of its spores across Europe.

It attacks the living needles causes Dothistroma needle-blight (AKA Red-band needle-blight) resulting in the loss of all except the current year’s needles.

In the UK, Corsican Pine (Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana) and Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) are the main species affected. In heavily infected plantations the defoliation is so severe that nettles and other plants are able to form an understorey in what would otherwise be dense shade.

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