Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei (Fautrey) U. Braun
(an anamorphic ascomycete)

Interactions where Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei 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
Ramularia anamorph		Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Sonchus	sow thistles	Asterales: Asteraceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei/	Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei	an anamorphic ascomycete				Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus/	Sonchus	sow thistles		live	leaf
Spermosporina anamorph		Spermosporina anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Sonchus arvensis	Perennial Milk-thistle, Perennial Sow-thistle	Asterales: Asteraceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei/	Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei	an anamorphic ascomycete				Spermosporina anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus arvensis/	Sonchus arvensis	perennial milk-thistle, perennial sow-thistle		live	leaf
Spermosporina anamorph		Spermosporina anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Sonchus asper	Prickly Sow-thistle	Asterales: Asteraceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei/	Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei	an anamorphic ascomycete				Spermosporina anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus asper/	Sonchus asper	prickly sow-thistle		live	leaf
Spermosporina anamorph		Spermosporina anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Sonchus oleraceus	Smooth Sow-thistle	Asterales: Asteraceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei/	Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei	an anamorphic ascomycete				Spermosporina anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus oleraceus/	Sonchus oleraceus	smooth sow-thistle		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei (an anamorphic ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei (an anamorphic ascomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Ramularia sonchi-oleracei				Synonym

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei (an anamorphic ascomycete)
Family	PLECTOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Subclass	HYPOCREOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei (an anamorphic ascomycete)

Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei (an anamorphic ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Spermosporina sonchi-oleracei (an anamorphic ascomycete):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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