Physoderma leproides (Trab.) Lagerh.
(Sugar Beet Crown Wart Disease - causative organism)

Interactions where Physoderma leproides 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
		causes gall of live stem			Beta vulgaris	Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma leproides/	Physoderma leproides	sugar beet crown wart disease - causative organism					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris	beet		live	stem
		causes gall of live leaf			Beta vulgaris	Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002 Physoderma leproides, Walker, C.J., 1976	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma leproides/	Physoderma leproides	sugar beet crown wart disease - causative organism					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris	beet		live	leaf
		causes gall of live root			Beta vulgaris	Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002 Physoderma leproides, Walker, C.J., 1976	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma leproides/	Physoderma leproides	sugar beet crown wart disease - causative organism					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris	beet		live	root
		causes gall of live petiole			Beta vulgaris	Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002 Physoderma leproides, Walker, C.J., 1976	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma leproides/	Physoderma leproides	sugar beet crown wart disease - causative organism					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris	beet		live	petiole
		causes gall of live leaf			Beta vulgaris ssp maritima	Sea Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae		/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma leproides/	Physoderma leproides	sugar beet crown wart disease - causative organism					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima/	Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima	sea beet		live	leaf
		causes gall of live root			Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var altissima	Sugar Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Physoderma leproides, Walker, C.J., 1976	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma leproides/	Physoderma leproides	sugar beet crown wart disease - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. altissima/	Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. altissima	sugar beet		live	root
		causes gall of live leaf			Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var altissima	Sugar Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Physoderma leproides, Walker, C.J., 1976	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma leproides/	Physoderma leproides	sugar beet crown wart disease - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. altissima/	Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. altissima	sugar beet		live	leaf
		causes gall of live petiole			Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var altissima	Sugar Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Physoderma leproides, Walker, C.J., 1976	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma leproides/	Physoderma leproides	sugar beet crown wart disease - causative organism					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. altissima/	Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. altissima	sugar beet		live	petiole

Author & Year	Title	Source
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi	AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Walker, C.J., 1976	Physoderma leproides	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 752.

Physoderma leproides (Sugar Beet Crown Wart Disease - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Physoderma leproides (Sugar Beet Crown Wart Disease - causative organism) 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	Physoderma leproides (Sugar Beet Crown Wart Disease - causative organism)
Genus	Physoderma (a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)
Family	PHYSODERMATACEAE (a family of chytridiomycete fungi)
Order	BLASTOCLADIALES (an order of chytridiomycete fungi)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Physoderma leproides is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
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 Physoderma leproides (Sugar Beet Crown Wart Disease - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Gale, B.	2017		Personal Communication
	Walker, C.J.	1976	Physoderma leproides	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 752.

Physoderma leproides (Sugar Beet Crown Wart Disease - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

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 Physoderma leproides (Sugar Beet Crown Wart Disease - causative organism):

Physoderma
(a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)

CHYTRIDIOMYCETES
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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