Cercospora mercurialis Pass.
(a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesCercospora mercurialis (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
GenusCercospora (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
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)
Records of Cercospora mercurialis (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus) :
1: Cercospora mercurialis (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
27 Aug 2007 OSGR: SD86 54° 10’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Leafspots on Dog’s Mercury leaves
Image 1: Host plant with silver leaf spots - in situImage 2: Host plant with silver leaf spots - in situ (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - top surface - pale backgroundImage 4: Infected leaf - top surface - pale background (2)Image 5: Infected leaf - top surface - pale background (3)Image 6: Infected leaf - top surface - pale background (4)Image 7: Infected leaf - under surface - pale backgroundImage 8: Infected leaf - under surface - pale background (2)Image 9: Infected leaf - under surface - pale background (3)Image 10: Infected leaf - under surface - pale background (4)Image 11: Infected leaf - under surface - pale background (5)Image 12: Infected leaf - under surface - pale background (6)Image 13: Leaf spot - leaf top surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 14: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 15: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (2)Image 16: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (3)Image 17: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (4)Image 18: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (5)Image 19: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (6)Image 20: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (7)Image 21: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (8)Image 22: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (9)Image 23: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (10)Image 24: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (11)Image 25: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (12)Image 26: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (13)Image 27: Leaf spot - leaf under-surface - close-up - magnified (14)Image 28: Leaf spots - leaf top surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 29: Caespituli - magnifiedImage 30: Caespituli - magnified (2)Image 31: Caespituli - magnified (3)Image 32: Caespitulum and host plant hair - magnifiedImage 33: Caespitulum - magnifiedImage 34: Caespitulum - highly magnifiedImage 35: Caespitulum - highly magnified (2)Image 36: Conidia - magnifiedImage 37: Conidium - highly magnifiedImage 38: Conidium - highly magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Groenewald, J.Z. et al 2013 Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses Stud. Mycol. Vol 75: 115-170.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cercospora mercurialis (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cercospora mercurialis (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)
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