Neonectria galligena (Bres.) Rossman & Samuels
(Apple and Pear Canker)

Interactions where Neonectria galligena 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
		infects and damages cankered branch			Ilex aquifolium	Holly	Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/	Ilex aquifolium	holly		cankered	branch
perithecium		perithecium is saprobic on			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker				perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches					Minor		(1-12)
perithecium		perithecium is saprobic on			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker				perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches					Minor		(1-12)
perithecium		perithecium causes gall of live, cankered branch			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker				perithecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		live, cankered	branch		Major		(1-12)
		infects and damages cankered branch			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		cankered	branch
perithecium		perithecium is saprobic on			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Salix, Anon., 2007 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker				perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows					Minor		(1-12)
		infects and damages cankered branch			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns		cankered	branch
Cylindrocarpon anamorph		Cylindrocarpon anamorph infects and damages cankered branch			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker				Cylindrocarpon anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		cankered	branch		Major
perithecium		perithecium infects and damages cankered branch			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker				perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		cankered	branch		Major		(1-12)
		infects and damages cankered bark			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		cankered	bark		Major		(1-12)
		infects and damages brown, non-falling fruit			Malus pumila	Apple	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/	Malus pumila	apple		brown, non-falling	fruit		Minor
		infects and damages cankered branch			Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/	Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry		cankered	branch
		infects and damages cankered branch			Pyrus	pears	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus/	Pyrus	pears		cankered	branch
perithecium		perithecium is saprobic on			Sorbus	whitebeams	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker				perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/	Sorbus	whitebeams					Minor		(1-12)
		infects and damages cankered branch			Sorbus aucuparia	Rowan, Mountain Ash	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/	Sorbus aucuparia	rowan, mountain ash		cankered	branch
		infects and damages cankered branch			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Neonectria galligena/	Neonectria galligena	apple and pear canker					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples		cankered	branch

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2007	CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Salix	PRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Neonectria galligena (Apple and Pear Canker) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Neonectria galligena (Apple and Pear Canker) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Neonectria galligena (Apple and Pear Canker)
Genus	Neonectria (a genus of fungi)
Family	NECTRIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	HYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Neonectria galligena is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Neonectria galligena (Apple and Pear Canker)

Neonectria galligena (Apple and Pear Canker) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NECTRIACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Neonectria galligena (Apple and Pear Canker):

NECTRIACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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