Ramularia simplex Pass.
(an anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Ramularia simplex 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
Ramularia anamorph (usually hypophyllous)		usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ranunculus acris	Meadow Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/	Ramularia simplex	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus acris/	Ranunculus acris	meadow buttercup		live	leaf				(7-10)
Ramularia anamorph (usually hypophyllous)		usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ranunculus auricomus	Goldilocks Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/	Ramularia simplex	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus auricomus/	Ranunculus auricomus	goldilocks buttercup		live	leaf				(7-10)
Ramularia anamorph (usually hypophyllous)		usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ranunculus bulbosus	Bulbous Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/	Ramularia simplex	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus bulbosus/	Ranunculus bulbosus	bulbous buttercup		live	leaf				(7-10)
Ramularia anamorph (usually hypophyllous)		usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ranunculus lingua	Greater Spearwort	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/	Ramularia simplex	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus lingua/	Ranunculus lingua	greater spearwort		live	leaf				(7-10)
Ramularia anamorph (usually hypophyllous)		usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ranunculus muricatus	Rough-fruited Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/	Ramularia simplex	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus muricatus/	Ranunculus muricatus	rough-fruited buttercup		live	leaf				(7-10)
Ramularia anamorph (usually hypophyllous)		usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ranunculus parviflorus	Small-flowered Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/	Ramularia simplex	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus parviflorus/	Ranunculus parviflorus	small-flowered buttercup		live	leaf				(7-10)
Ramularia anamorph (usually hypophyllous)		usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/	Ramularia simplex	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/	Ranunculus repens	creeping buttercup		live	leaf		Major		(7-10)
Ramularia anamorph (usually hypophyllous)		usually hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ranunculus sardous	Hairy Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia simplex/	Ramularia simplex	an anamorphic fungus		usually hypophyllous	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sardous/	Ranunculus sardous	hairy buttercup		live	leaf				(7-10)

Ramularia simplex (an anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ramularia
(a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ramularia simplex (an anamorphic fungus) 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))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Ramularia simplex (an anamorphic fungus)
Form genus	Ramularia (a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ramularia simplex is also a member of:
Hyphomycetes - moulds (via Ramularia)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Hyphomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Ramularia simplex (an anamorphic fungus)

Ramularia simplex (an anamorphic fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ramularia
(a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Hyphomycetes
(moulds)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ramularia simplex (an anamorphic fungus):

Ramularia
(a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Hyphomycetes
(moulds)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Only recorded a couple of times, from Scottish isles (Lewis, Mull), but the description of R. didyma on Ranunculus in Ellis & Ellis (p412) refers to this species (cf Braun p230 & 239)

Distinguished from R. didyma, also found on Ranunculus, by the broad, egg-shaped conidia.

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