Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid.
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Macrophomina phaseolina 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
Macrophomina coelomycetous anamorph (immersed, becoming erumpent)		immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Macrophomina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on			Phaseolus (Bot.)	beans	Fabales: Fabaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophomina phaseolina/	Macrophomina phaseolina	a coelomycete		immersed, becoming erumpent	pycnidium	Macrophomina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus (Bot.)/	Phaseolus (Bot.)	beans
sclerotium (numerous, immersed)		numerous, immersed sclerotium causes spots on			Phaseolus (Bot.)	beans	Fabales: Fabaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophomina phaseolina/	Macrophomina phaseolina	a coelomycete		numerous, immersed		sclerotium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus (Bot.)/	Phaseolus (Bot.)	beans
Macrophomina coelomycetous anamorph (immersed, becoming erumpent)		immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Macrophomina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophomina phaseolina/	Macrophomina phaseolina	a coelomycete		immersed, becoming erumpent	pycnidium	Macrophomina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants
sclerotium (numerous, immersed)		numerous, immersed sclerotium causes spots on			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophomina phaseolina/	Macrophomina phaseolina	a coelomycete		numerous, immersed		sclerotium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Macrophomina phaseolina (a coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macrophomina phaseolina (a coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Macrophomina phaseolina (a coelomycete)
Family	BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	BOTRYOSPHAERIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
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)

Macrophomina phaseolina is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Botryosphaeriales)
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 Macrophomina phaseolina (a coelomycete)

Macrophomina phaseolina (a coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Macrophomina phaseolina (a coelomycete):

BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

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