Septoria cerastii Roberge ex Desm.
(a leaf-spot fungus)

Interactions where Septoria cerastii 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
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous, centrally placed)		amphigenous, centrally placed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium fontanum ssp scoticum	Scottish Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria cerastii/	Septoria cerastii	a leaf-spot fungus		amphigenous, centrally placed	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum	scottish mouse-ear		live	leaf				(7-10)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous, centrally placed)		amphigenous, centrally placed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf			Cerastium fontanum ssp scoticum	Scottish Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria cerastii/	Septoria cerastii	a leaf-spot fungus		amphigenous, centrally placed	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum	scottish mouse-ear		fading	leaf				(7-10)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (centrally placed)		centrally placed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem			Cerastium fontanum ssp scoticum	Scottish Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria cerastii/	Septoria cerastii	a leaf-spot fungus		centrally placed	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum	scottish mouse-ear		live	stem				(7-10)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (centrally placed)		centrally placed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live calyx			Cerastium fontanum ssp scoticum	Scottish Mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria cerastii/	Septoria cerastii	a leaf-spot fungus		centrally placed	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum	scottish mouse-ear		live	calyx				(7-10)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous, centrally placed)		amphigenous, centrally placed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cerastium fontanum ssp vulgare	a common mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria cerastii/	Septoria cerastii	a leaf-spot fungus		amphigenous, centrally placed	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare	a common mouse-ear		live	leaf				(7-10)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous, centrally placed)		amphigenous, centrally placed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf			Cerastium fontanum ssp vulgare	a common mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria cerastii/	Septoria cerastii	a leaf-spot fungus		amphigenous, centrally placed	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare	a common mouse-ear		fading	leaf				(7-10)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (centrally placed)		centrally placed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem			Cerastium fontanum ssp vulgare	a common mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria cerastii/	Septoria cerastii	a leaf-spot fungus		centrally placed	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare	a common mouse-ear		live	stem				(7-10)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (centrally placed)		centrally placed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live calyx			Cerastium fontanum ssp vulgare	a common mouse-ear	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria cerastii/	Septoria cerastii	a leaf-spot fungus		centrally placed	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare/	Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare	a common mouse-ear		live	calyx				(7-10)

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
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

Septoria cerastii (a leaf-spot fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Septoria cerastii (a leaf-spot fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Septoria cerastii (a leaf-spot fungus)
Genus	Septoria (a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)
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)

Septoria cerastii is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Septoria)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
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 Septoria cerastii (a leaf-spot fungus)

Septoria cerastii (a leaf-spot fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Septoria cerastii (a leaf-spot fungus):

Septoria
(a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)

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)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

The pycnidial stage of Fabraea cerastiorum Rehm.

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