Podosphaera epilobii (Wallr.) de Bary
(Willow Herb Mildew)

Interactions where Podosphaera epilobii 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
		parasitises live			Chamerion angustifolium	Rosebay Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Chamerion angustifolium/	Chamerion angustifolium	rosebay willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium alsinifolium	Chickweed Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium alsinifolium/	Epilobium alsinifolium	chickweed willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium anagallidifolium	Alpine Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium anagallidifolium/	Epilobium anagallidifolium	alpine willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium ciliatum	American Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium ciliatum/	Epilobium ciliatum	american willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium ciliatum	American Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium ciliatum/	Epilobium ciliatum	american willowherb		live					(8-10)
cleistothecium		cleistothecium parasitises live			Epilobium hirsutum	Great Willowherb, Greater Hairy Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium hirsutum/	Epilobium hirsutum	great willowherb, greater hairy willowherb		live					(8-10)
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph parasitises live			Epilobium hirsutum	Great Willowherb, Greater Hairy Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium hirsutum/	Epilobium hirsutum	great willowherb, greater hairy willowherb		live					(8-10)
cleistothecium		cleistothecium parasitises live			Epilobium montanum	Broad-leaved Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium montanum/	Epilobium montanum	broad-leaved willowherb		live					(8-10)
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph parasitises live			Epilobium montanum	Broad-leaved Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium montanum/	Epilobium montanum	broad-leaved willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium obscurum	Short-fruited Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium obscurum/	Epilobium obscurum	short-fruited willowherb		live					(8-10)
cleistothecium		cleistothecium parasitises live			Epilobium palustre	Marsh Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium palustre/	Epilobium palustre	marsh willowherb		live					(8-10)
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph parasitises live			Epilobium palustre	Marsh Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium palustre/	Epilobium palustre	marsh willowherb		live					(8-10)
cleistothecium		cleistothecium parasitises live			Epilobium parviflorum	Hoary Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium parviflorum/	Epilobium parviflorum	hoary willowherb		live					(8-10)
conidial anamorph		conidial anamorph parasitises live			Epilobium parviflorum	Hoary Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium parviflorum/	Epilobium parviflorum	hoary willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium parviflorum x roseum = E. x persicinum	a willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium parviflorum x roseum = E. x persicinum/	Epilobium parviflorum x roseum = E. x persicinum	a willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium pedunculare	Rockery Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium pedunculare/	Epilobium pedunculare	rockery willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium roseum	Pale Willowherb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium roseum/	Epilobium roseum	pale willowherb		live					(8-10)
		parasitises live			Epilobium tetragonum	Square-stalked Willowherb, Southern Willow-herb	Myrtales: Onagraceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium tetragonum/	Epilobium tetragonum	square-stalked willowherb, southern willow-herb		live					(8-10)

Interactions where Podosphaera epilobii is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
		is grazed by larva			Mycodiplosis erysiphes	(A Rust Midge)	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat, Holz, B., 1970	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycodiplosis erysiphes/	Mycodiplosis erysiphes	(a rust midge)				larva	Fungus / external feeder		Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew								larva grazes on
		is grazed by larva			Mycodiplosis isosaetosa	(A Rust Midge)	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat, Holz, B., 1970	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycodiplosis isosaetosa/	Mycodiplosis isosaetosa	(a rust midge)				larva	Fungus / external feeder		Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew								larva grazes on
		is grazed by larva			Mycodiplosis sphaerothecae	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat, Holz, B., 1970	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycodiplosis sphaerothecae/	Mycodiplosis sphaerothecae	a gall midge				larva	Fungus / external feeder		Foreign	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera epilobii/	Podosphaera epilobii	willow herb mildew								larva grazes on

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Holz, B., 1970	Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Podosphaera epilobii (Willow Herb Mildew) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Podosphaera epilobii (Willow Herb Mildew) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ERYSIPHACEAE
(powdery mildews)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Podosphaera epilobii (Willow Herb Mildew)
Genus	Podosphaera (a genus of powdery mildews)
Family	ERYSIPHACEAE (powdery mildews)
Order	ERYSIPHALES (powdery mildews)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Podosphaera epilobii 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 Podosphaera epilobii (Willow Herb Mildew)

Podosphaera epilobii (Willow Herb Mildew) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ERYSIPHALES
(powdery mildews)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

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 Podosphaera epilobii (Willow Herb Mildew):

ERYSIPHACEAE
(powdery mildews)

ERYSIPHALES
(powdery mildews)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioImages

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