Marssonina daphnes (Roberge ex Desm.) Magnus
(Daphne Leaf Spot - causative organism)

Interactions where Marssonina daphnes 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
Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf (esp base)			Daphne	daphnes	Malvales: Thymelaeaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Marssonina daphnes/	Marssonina daphnes	daphne leaf spot - causative organism		amphigenous	acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Thymelaeaceae/Daphne/	Daphne	daphnes		fading	leaf (esp base)				(9-10)
Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf (petiole)			Daphne	daphnes	Malvales: Thymelaeaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Marssonina daphnes/	Marssonina daphnes	daphne leaf spot - causative organism		amphigenous	acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Thymelaeaceae/Daphne/	Daphne	daphnes		fading	leaf (petiole)				(9-10)
Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf (esp base)			Daphne mezereum	Mezereon	Malvales: Thymelaeaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Marssonina daphnes/	Marssonina daphnes	daphne leaf spot - causative organism		amphigenous	acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Thymelaeaceae/Daphne mezereum/	Daphne mezereum	mezereon		fading	leaf (esp base)				(9-10)
Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf (petiole)			Daphne mezereum	Mezereon	Malvales: Thymelaeaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Marssonina daphnes/	Marssonina daphnes	daphne leaf spot - causative organism		amphigenous	acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Thymelaeaceae/Daphne mezereum/	Daphne mezereum	mezereon		fading	leaf (petiole)				(9-10)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Marssonina daphnes (Daphne Leaf Spot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Marssonina daphnes (Daphne 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	Marssonina daphnes (Daphne Leaf Spot - causative organism)
Genus	Marssonina (a form genus of coelomycetes)
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)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Marssonina daphnes (Daphne Leaf Spot - causative organism)

Marssonina daphnes (Daphne Leaf Spot - causative organism) may 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)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Marssonina daphnes (Daphne Leaf Spot - causative organism):

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)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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