Ascochyta cinerariae
(a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism))

Interactions where Ascochyta cinerariae 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
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph		colony of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on rotten leaf			Pericallis	cinerarias	Asterales: Asteraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta cinerariae/	Ascochyta cinerariae	a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism)			colony	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pericallis/	Pericallis	cinerarias		rotten	leaf
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph		colony of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Pericallis	cinerarias	Asterales: Asteraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta cinerariae/	Ascochyta cinerariae	a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism)			colony	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pericallis/	Pericallis	cinerarias		live	leaf
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph		colony of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages rotting stem base			Pericallis x hybrida	cineraria	Asterales: Asteraceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta cinerariae/	Ascochyta cinerariae	a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism)			colony	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pericallis x hybrida/	Pericallis x hybrida	cineraria		rotting	stem base		Major
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph		colony of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Pericallis x hybrida	cineraria	Asterales: Asteraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta cinerariae/	Ascochyta cinerariae	a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism)			colony	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pericallis x hybrida/	Pericallis x hybrida	cineraria		live	leaf		Major
Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph		colony of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on rotten leaf			Pericallis x hybrida	cineraria	Asterales: Asteraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta cinerariae/	Ascochyta cinerariae	a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism)			colony	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pericallis x hybrida/	Pericallis x hybrida	cineraria		rotten	leaf		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Ascochyta cinerariae (a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ascochyta cinerariae (a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism) 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	Ascochyta cinerariae (a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism))
Genus	Ascochyta (a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)
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)

Ascochyta cinerariae is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Ascochyta)
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.)

Ascochyta cinerariae (a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism) may 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 Ascochyta cinerariae (a cineraria leaf-spot (causative organism):

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

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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