Peronospora tabacina D.B. Adam
(Tobacco Blue Mould)

Interactions where Peronospora tabacina 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
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Capsicum annuum	Sweet Pepper	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Capsicum annuum/	Capsicum annuum	sweet pepper			leaf
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato			leaf
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Nicotiana alata	Sweet Tobacco	Solanales: Solanaceae	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Nicotiana alata/	Nicotiana alata	sweet tobacco			leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Nicotiana glutinosa	Tobacco	Solanales: Solanaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Nicotiana glutinosa/	Nicotiana glutinosa	tobacco			leaf
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Nicotiana rustica	Wild Tobacco	Solanales: Solanaceae	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Nicotiana rustica/	Nicotiana rustica	wild tobacco			leaf
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Nicotiana sylvestris	a tobacco	Solanales: Solanaceae	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Nicotiana sylvestris/	Nicotiana sylvestris	a tobacco			leaf
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Nicotiana tabacum	Tobacco	Solanales: Solanaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Nicotiana tabacum/	Nicotiana tabacum	tobacco			leaf
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Petunia axillaris x integrifolia = P. x hybrida	petunia	Solanales: Solanaceae	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Petunia axillaris x integrifolia = P. x hybrida/	Petunia axillaris x integrifolia = P. x hybrida	petunia			leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Physalis alkekengi	Japanese-lantern	Solanales: Solanaceae	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Physalis alkekengi/	Physalis alkekengi	Japanese-lantern			leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Physalis peruviana	Cape-gooseberry	Solanales: Solanaceae	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Physalis peruviana/	Physalis peruviana	Cape-gooseberry			leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Schizanthus pinnatus	Poor-man’s-orchid	Solanales: Solanaceae	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Schizanthus pinnatus/	Schizanthus pinnatus	poor-man's-orchid			leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Solanum melongena	Aubergine, Eggplant	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/	Solanum melongena	aubergine, eggplant			leaf
sporangium (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous sporangium infects and damages leaf			Solanum nigrum	Black Nightshade	Solanales: Solanaceae	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora tabacina/	Peronospora tabacina	tobacco blue mould		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/	Solanum nigrum	black nightshade			leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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., 1980	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 975.
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Peronospora tabacina (Tobacco Blue Mould) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peronospora tabacina (Tobacco Blue Mould)
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 tabacina 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 tabacina (Tobacco Blue Mould)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hall, G.	1980	Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 975.

Peronospora tabacina (Tobacco Blue Mould) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Peronospora tabacina (Tobacco Blue Mould):

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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