Alternaria dianthicola Neerg.
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Interactions where Alternaria dianthicola 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
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages rotting flower-bud			Dianthus	pinks	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthicola/	Alternaria dianthicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus/	Dianthus	pinks		rotting	flower-bud
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Dianthus	pinks	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Alternaria dianthicola, David, J.C., 1991 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthicola/	Alternaria dianthicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus/	Dianthus	pinks		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages rotting flower-bud			Dianthus barbatus	Sweet William, Sweet-William	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Alternaria dianthicola, David, J.C., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthicola/	Alternaria dianthicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus barbatus/	Dianthus barbatus	sweet William, sweet-William		rotting	flower-bud
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Dianthus barbatus	Sweet William, Sweet-William	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Alternaria dianthicola, David, J.C., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthicola/	Alternaria dianthicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus barbatus/	Dianthus barbatus	sweet William, sweet-William		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages rotting flower-bud			Dianthus caryophyllus	Clove Pink	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Alternaria dianthicola, David, J.C., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthicola/	Alternaria dianthicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus/	Dianthus caryophyllus	clove pink		rotting	flower-bud
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Dianthus caryophyllus	Clove Pink	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Alternaria dianthicola, David, J.C., 1991 Alternaria themes and variations (287-304): Species on Caryophyllaceae, Simmons, E.G., 2002	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dianthicola/	Alternaria dianthicola	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus/	Dianthus caryophyllus	clove pink		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
David, J.C., 1991	Alternaria dianthicola	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1073.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Simmons, E.G., 2002	Alternaria themes and variations (287-304): Species on Caryophyllaceae	Mycotaxon 82: 1-40.

Alternaria dianthicola (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Alternaria dianthicola (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Alternaria dianthicola (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
Genus	Alternaria (a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)
Family	PLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
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)

Alternaria dianthicola is also a member of:
Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes - dematiaceous anamorphic fungi (via Alternaria)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Alternaria dianthicola (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	David, J.C.	1991	Alternaria dianthicola	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1073.

Alternaria dianthicola (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alternaria dianthicola (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus):

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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