Sphaeropsis sapinea (Fr.) Dyko & B. Sutton
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Sphaeropsis sapinea 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
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesliveneedle (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live twig Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspineslivetwig (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live cone Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspineslivecone (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle Foreign Pinus nigra Austrian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Recent invasion of foliage fungi of pines (Pinus spp.) to the Northern Baltics, Drenkhan, R. & Hanso, M., 2009
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra/Pinus nigraAustrian pineliveneedle (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana Corsican Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicanaCorsican pineliveneedle (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live twig Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana Corsican Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicanaCorsican pinelivetwig (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live cone Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana Corsican Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicanaCorsican pinelivecone (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle Pinus radiata Monterey Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus radiata/Pinus radiataMonterey pineliveneedle (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live twig Pinus radiata Monterey Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus radiata/Pinus radiataMonterey pinelivetwig (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live cone Pinus radiata Monterey Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus radiata/Pinus radiataMonterey pinelivecone (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live needle Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineliveneedle (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live twig Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinelivetwig (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live cone Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinelivecone (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf Minor Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas firliveleafMinor (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live cone Minor Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas firliveconeMinor (10-4)
Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph (erumpent) erumpent pycnidium of Sphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live twig Minor Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Sphaeropsis sapinea/Sphaeropsis sapineaa coelomyceteerumpentpycnidiumSphaeropsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas firlivetwigMinor (10-4)

Sphaeropsis sapinea (a coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sphaeropsis sapinea (a coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Drenkhan, R. & Hanso, M., 2009Recent invasion of foliage fungi of pines (Pinus spp.) to the Northern BalticsForestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused Vol 51: 49-64.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesSphaeropsis sapinea (a coelomycete)
Form genusSphaeropsis (a form genus of coelomycetes)
FamilyBOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderBOTRYOSPHAERIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphaeropsis sapinea (a coelomycete)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brown, A. & Macaskill, G. 2005 Shoot Diseases of Pine Forestry Commission Information Notes, 68, 6pp, Forestry Commission
Forest Research 2003 Path News Issue 5: August 2003
Sutton, B.C. & Dyko, B.J. 1989 Revision of Hendersonula Mycol. Res. Vol 93 (4): 466-488.

Sphaeropsis sapinea (a coelomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sphaeropsis sapinea (a coelomycete):

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