Peronospora sordida Berk.
(a downy mildew)

Interactions where Peronospora sordida 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
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Odontites	bartsias	Lamiales: Orobanchaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sordida/	Peronospora sordida	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Odontites/	Odontites	bartsias		live
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Phygelius aequalis cv Yellow Trumpets	a Cape fuchsia	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sordida/	Peronospora sordida	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Phygelius aequalis cv Yellow Trumpets/	Phygelius aequalis cv Yellow Trumpets	a Cape fuchsia		live			Rare		(7-8)
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Phygelius capensis	Cape Figwort	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sordida/	Peronospora sordida	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Phygelius capensis/	Phygelius capensis	Cape figwort		live			Rare		(7-8)
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Scrophularia auriculata	Water Figwort, Water Betony	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sordida/	Peronospora sordida	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia auriculata/	Scrophularia auriculata	water figwort, water betony		live			Minor		(7-8)
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Scrophularia nodosa	Common Figwort	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sordida/	Peronospora sordida	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia nodosa/	Scrophularia nodosa	common figwort		live			Major		(7-8)
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Scrophularia umbrosa	Green Figwort	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sordida/	Peronospora sordida	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia umbrosa/	Scrophularia umbrosa	green figwort		live					(7-8)

Peronospora sordida (a downy mildew) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

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

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hall, G., 1961	Peronospora sordida	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1062.
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peronospora sordida (a downy mildew)
Genus	Peronospora (a genus of downy mildews)
Family	PERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
Order	PERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Peronospora sordida is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Peronospora sordida (a downy mildew)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hall, G.	1961	Peronospora sordida	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1062.
	Shattock, R.C., Smith, A.M. & Cooke, D.E.L.	2006	Downy mildew on Buddleja	Field Mycology Vol 7 (1): 22-27.

Peronospora sordida (a downy mildew) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Peronospora
(a genus of downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Peronospora sordida (a downy mildew):

Peronospora
(a genus of downy mildews)

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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