Stagonospora meliloti (Lasch) Petr.
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Stagonospora meliloti 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
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Medicago arabica	Spotted Medick	Fabales: Fabaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago arabica/	Medicago arabica	spotted medick		live	leaf
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Medicago lupulina	Black Medick	Fabales: Fabaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/	Medicago lupulina	black medick		live	leaf
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Medicago polymorpha	Toothed Medick	Fabales: Fabaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago polymorpha/	Medicago polymorpha	toothed medick		live	leaf
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Medicago sativa	Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa	Fabales: Fabaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/	Medicago sativa	lucerne, medick, alfalfa		live	leaf
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Melilotus albus	White Melilot	Fabales: Fabaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/	Melilotus albus	white melilot		live	leaf
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Melilotus officinalis	Ribbed Melilot	Fabales: Fabaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus officinalis/	Melilotus officinalis	ribbed melilot		live	leaf
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Trifolium hybridum	Alsike Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium hybridum/	Trifolium hybridum	alsike clover		live	leaf
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Trifolium repens	White Clover, Dutch Clover	Fabales: Fabaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium repens/	Trifolium repens	white clover, dutch clover		live	leaf
Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Ulex europaeus	Gorse, Furze, Whin	Fabales: Fabaceae	Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/	Stagonospora meliloti	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex europaeus/	Ulex europaeus	gorse, furze, whin		live	leaf		Rare

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Stagonospora meliloti (a coelomycete) 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))

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
Punithalingam, E., 1990	Stagonospora meliloti	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1020.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Stagonospora meliloti (a coelomycete)
Form genus	Stagonospora (a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)
Family	PHAEOSPHAERIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Stagonospora meliloti is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Stagonospora)
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 Stagonospora meliloti (a coelomycete)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Punithalingam, E.	1990	Stagonospora meliloti	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1020.

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

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

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 Stagonospora meliloti (a coelomycete):

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

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))

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