Diplocarpon mespili (Sorauer) B. Sutton
(Quince Leaf Blight)

Interactions where Diplocarpon mespili 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
Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph (epiphyllous, subcuticular)		epiphyllous, subcuticular acervulus of Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Diplocarpon mespili/	Diplocarpon mespili	quince leaf blight		epiphyllous, subcuticular	acervulus	Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns		live	leaf		Major
Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph (epiphyllous, subcuticular)		epiphyllous, subcuticular acervulus of Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cydonia oblonga	Quince	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Diplocarpon mespili/	Diplocarpon mespili	quince leaf blight		epiphyllous, subcuticular	acervulus	Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cydonia oblonga/	Cydonia oblonga	quince		live	leaf		Minor
Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph (epiphyllous, subcuticular)		epiphyllous, subcuticular acervulus of Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live shoot			Cydonia oblonga	Quince	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Diplocarpon mespili/	Diplocarpon mespili	quince leaf blight		epiphyllous, subcuticular	acervulus	Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cydonia oblonga/	Cydonia oblonga	quince		live	shoot		Minor
Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph (epiphyllous, subcuticular)		epiphyllous, subcuticular acervulus of Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live fruit			Cydonia oblonga	Quince	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Diplocarpon mespili/	Diplocarpon mespili	quince leaf blight		epiphyllous, subcuticular	acervulus	Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cydonia oblonga/	Cydonia oblonga	quince		live	fruit		Minor
Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph (epiphyllous, subcuticular)		epiphyllous, subcuticular acervulus of Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Pyrus communis	Pear	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Diplocarpon mespili/	Diplocarpon mespili	quince leaf blight		epiphyllous, subcuticular	acervulus	Entomosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis/	Pyrus communis	pear		live	leaf		Rare

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

Diplocarpon mespili (Quince Leaf Blight) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Diplocarpon mespili (Quince Leaf Blight) 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	Diplocarpon mespili (Quince Leaf Blight)
Genus	Diplocarpon (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	DERMATEACEAE (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)

Diplocarpon mespili 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 Diplocarpon mespili (Quince Leaf Blight)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Forest Research	2008	Path News Issue 17: September 2008

Diplocarpon mespili (Quince Leaf Blight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DERMATEACEAE
(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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Diplocarpon mespili (Quince Leaf Blight):

DERMATEACEAE
(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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