Mycosphaerella Johanson
(a genus of ascomycetes)

Interactions where Mycosphaerella 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
causes spots on live leaf Foreign Fallopia japonica Japanese Knotweed Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?, Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella/Mycosphaerellaa genus of ascomycetes Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Fallopia japonica/Fallopia japonicaJapanese knotweedliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?Mycologist Vol 20 (4): 126-129.

Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Anamorphic Species 11 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 10 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 22 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Aff or cf 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 references
Species 2 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 5 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Species 6 trophisms 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 24 trophisms
Species 10 trophisms 1 references
Species 4 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 12 trophisms 1 references
Species 14 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 15 trophisms 7 references
Species 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Species 1 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 18 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 24 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 subtaxa 10 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 1 subtaxa 20 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes)
FamilyMYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
OrderCAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Aptroot, A. Mycosphaerella Identification Website www.cbs.knaw.nl/Mycosphaerella/Defaultpage.aspx
Braun, U. 1998 Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U. 1995 Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1 Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag

Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Crous, P.J. 2009 Unravelling Mycosphaerella: do you believe in genera? Persoonia Vol 23: 99-118.
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
Crous, P.W., Hong, L., Wingfield B.D. & Wingfield, M.J. 2001 ITS rDNA phylogeny of selected Mycosphaerella species and their anamorphs occurring on Myrtaceae Mycol. Res. Vol 105 (4): 425-431.
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.
Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H. 2006 Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot? Mycologist Vol 20 (4): 126-129.
Seifert, K.A., Gams, W., Crous, P.W. & Samuels, G.J. (eds) 2000 Molecules, morphology and classification: Towards monophyletic genera in the Ascomycetes Stud. Mycol. No. 45.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes):

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