Cercospora Fresen. ex Fuckel
(a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Interactions where Cercospora 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
Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph		Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cordyline australis	Cabbage-palm	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Cordyline leaf spot syndrome, Anon., 2008	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora/	Cercospora	a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi				Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Cordyline australis/	Cordyline australis	cabbage-palm		live	leaf
Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph		Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Escallonia	escallonias	Escalloniales: Escalloniaceae		/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora/	Cercospora	a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi				Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Escalloniales/Escalloniaceae/Escallonia/	Escallonia	escallonias		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2008	Cordyline leaf spot syndrome	Plant Clinic News Jan 08: 2.

Cercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi) 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))

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Cercospora angraeci an anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora apii Celery Pale Leaf Spot - causative organism	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Cercospora armoraciae a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Cercospora beticola a beet leaf-spot fungus	Anamorphic Species		6 trophisms	2 references
Cercospora bolleana a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora calendulae a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora carotae Cercospora Leaf Blight Of Carrot - causative organism	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora chenopodii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Cercospora comari a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora crataegi Hawthorn Leaf-spot	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora crepidis a fungus	Anamorphic Species			1 references
Cercospora depazeoides a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Cercospora galegae a fungus	Species	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms	1 references
Cercospora juncicola a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora loti a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora mercurialis a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Cercospora moravica a leaf-spot fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora moricola a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora nigellae a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms
Cercospora odontoglossi a leaf-spot fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms
Cercospora physospermi a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora plantaginis a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora resedae an anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms
Cercospora rhamni an anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms
Cercospora roesleri a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora scandens a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms
Cercospora violae a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Cercospora zebrina a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		2 trophisms	2 references
Cercospora zonata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Anamorphic Species		1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Cercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
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)

Cercospora is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Braun, U.	1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
	Groenewald, J.Z. et al	2013	Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses	Stud. Mycol. Vol 75: 115-170.

Cercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Crous, P.W., Aptroot, A., Kang, J.-ch. , Braun, U. & Wingfield, M.J.		The genus Mycosphaerella and its anamorphs	White, J.F.Jr., Sullivan, R., Moy, M., Patel, R. & Duncan, R. An overview of problems in the classification of plant-parasitic Clavicipitaceae, 11pp, Molecules, morphology and classification: Towards monophyletic genera in the Ascomycetes
Guatimosim, E., Schwartsburd, P.B., Barreto, R.W. & Crous, P.W.	2016	Novel fungi from an ancient niche: cercosporoid and related sexual morphs on ferns	Persoonia Vol 37: 106-141.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi):

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 151 images of Cercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

A form genus of anamorphic obligate plant necrotrophs which cause pale brown, grey or whitish leaf-spots on living leaves. Under a hand lens, clusters of dark conidiophores can be seen emerging through the stomata, usually on the lower leaf surface. Under the microscope, the hyaline, cylindric conidia have numerous septa.

Cercospora anamorphs are found on a wide range of mostly herbaceous plants. A host-specific species concept has traditionally been followed resulting in a large number of species. This ignores a considerable body of work which demonstrates that many species have wide host ranges, even across multiple plant families.

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Interactions where Cercospora is the dominant partner and gains from the process

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cercospora is also a member of:

Identification Works

General Works

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