Botryotinia narcissicola (P.H. Greg.) N.F. Buchw.
(Narcissus Smoulder or Grey Mould Disease - causative organism)

Interactions where Botryotinia narcissicola 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
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live shoot			Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia narcissicola/	Botryotinia narcissicola	Narcissus smoulder or grey mould disease - causative organism			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus/	Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi		live	shoot				(Spring)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages brown leaf (base)			Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia narcissicola/	Botryotinia narcissicola	Narcissus smoulder or grey mould disease - causative organism			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus/	Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi		brown	leaf (base)				(Spring)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages yellow, wilted leaf (above)			Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia narcissicola/	Botryotinia narcissicola	Narcissus smoulder or grey mould disease - causative organism			colony	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus/	Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi		yellow, wilted	leaf (above)				(Spring)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph (black)		black sclerotium of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph may be found among live bulb scale			Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia narcissicola/	Botryotinia narcissicola	Narcissus smoulder or grey mould disease - causative organism		black	sclerotium	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus/	Narcissus	daffodils and narcissi		live	bulb scale
apothecium (long stalked)		long stalked apothecium grows on dead, overwintered, sclerotioid leaf			Narcissus pseudonarcissus	Daffodil	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia narcissicola/	Botryotinia narcissicola	Narcissus smoulder or grey mould disease - causative organism		long stalked		apothecium	Plant / epiphyte			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus pseudonarcissus/	Narcissus pseudonarcissus	daffodil		dead, overwintered, sclerotioid	leaf				(2-3)
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		sclerotium of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, sometimes rotten at ground level leaf			Narcissus pseudonarcissus	Daffodil	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia narcissicola/	Botryotinia narcissicola	Narcissus smoulder or grey mould disease - causative organism			sclerotium	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus pseudonarcissus/	Narcissus pseudonarcissus	daffodil		live, sometimes rotten at ground level	leaf
Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph		sclerotium of Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live bulb			Narcissus pseudonarcissus	Daffodil	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botryotinia narcissicola/	Botryotinia narcissicola	Narcissus smoulder or grey mould disease - causative organism			sclerotium	Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Narcissus pseudonarcissus/	Narcissus pseudonarcissus	daffodil		live	bulb

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1084.

Botryotinia narcissicola (Narcissus Smoulder or Grey Mould Disease - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Botryotinia narcissicola (Narcissus Smoulder or Grey Mould Disease - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Botryotinia narcissicola (Narcissus Smoulder or Grey Mould Disease - causative organism)
Genus	Botryotinia (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	SCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Botryotinia narcissicola is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Botryotinia narcissicola (Narcissus Smoulder or Grey Mould Disease - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M.	1991	Sclerotinia narcissicola	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1083.

Botryotinia narcissicola (Narcissus Smoulder or Grey Mould Disease - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Alcock, N.L.	1924	A disease of Narcissus bulbs caused by a sclerotium-producing fungus.	TBMS Vol 10 (1+2): 127-128.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Botryotinia narcissicola (Narcissus Smoulder or Grey Mould Disease - causative organism):

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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