Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin
(Cowberry Redleaf)

Interactions where Exobasidium vaccinii 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
fruitbody fruitbody causes gall of live leaf Restricted Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry Ericales: Ericaceae Non-gilled Fungi, Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986
Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium vaccinii/Exobasidium vacciniicowberry redleaffruitbody Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium vitis-idaea/Vaccinium vitis-idaeacowberryliveleafSole
fruitbody fruitbody causes gall of live, hypertrophied flower Restricted Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry Ericales: Ericaceae Non-gilled Fungi, Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium vaccinii/Exobasidium vacciniicowberry redleaffruitbody Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium vitis-idaea/Vaccinium vitis-idaeacowberrylive, hypertrophiedflowerSole
fruitbody fruitbody causes gall of live, hypertrophied shoot tip Restricted Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry Ericales: Ericaceae Non-gilled Fungi, Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986
Exobasidium in the British Isles, Ing, B., 1998
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium vaccinii/Exobasidium vacciniicowberry redleaffruitbody Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium vitis-idaea/Vaccinium vitis-idaeacowberrylive, hypertrophiedshoot tipSole

Interactions where Exobasidium vaccinii is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part 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 Summary
leaf-spot is associate of colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia cylindriopsis (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia cylindriopsis/Ramularia cylindriopsis(an anamorphic fungus)colonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Fungus / associateForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Exobasidium vaccinii/Exobasidium vacciniicowberry redleafleaf-spot colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph is associated with leaf-spot

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986Non-gilled FungiFungi of Switzerland, Vol 2, 412pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
Ing, B., 1998Exobasidium in the British IslesMycologist Vol 12 (2): 80-82.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Exobasidium vaccinii (Cowberry Redleaf) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Exobasidium vaccinii (Cowberry Redleaf) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesExobasidium vaccinii (Cowberry Redleaf)
GenusExobasidium (redleaf fungi)
FamilyEXOBASIDIACEAE (redleaf fungi)
OrderEXOBASIDIALES (an order of ustilaginomycetes)
SubclassEXOBASIDIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ustilaginomycetes)
ClassUSTILAGINOMYCETES (smut fungi and relatives)
SubphylumUSTILAGINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Exobasidium vaccinii (Cowberry Redleaf)

Exobasidium vaccinii (Cowberry Redleaf) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. 1985 Observations on spores and their germination in certain Heterobasidiomycetes TBMS Vol 85 (3): 417-423.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Exobasidium vaccinii (Cowberry Redleaf):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of Exobasidium vaccinii (Cowberry Redleaf)

A parasitic basidiomycete that forms red, sunken leaf spots on Crowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).

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