Aspergillus niger Tiegh.
(Black Mould Of Onions, Garlic and Shallots - causative organism)

Interactions where Aspergillus niger is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 AVES birds Diseases of the honey bee, Wikipedia
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Aspergillus niger/Aspergillus nigerblack mould of onions, garlic and shallots (causative organism) Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Avesbirds
infects MAMMALIA mammals Diseases of the honey bee, Wikipedia
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Aspergillus niger/Aspergillus nigerblack mould of onions, garlic and shallots (causative organism) Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Mammaliamammals
infects INSECTA true insects Diseases of the honey bee, Wikipedia
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Aspergillus niger/Aspergillus nigerblack mould of onions, garlic and shallots (causative organism) Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Insectatrue insects
infects dead, mummified, black, hard brood Apis mellifera Honey Bee, Hive Bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diseases of the honey bee, Wikipedia
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Aspergillus niger/Aspergillus nigerblack mould of onions, garlic and shallots (causative organism) Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Apis mellifera/Apis melliferahoney bee, hive beedead, mummified, black, hardbrood
Aspergillus dematiaceous anamorph colony of Aspergillus dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on Allium cepa Onion Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Aspergillus niger/Aspergillus nigerblack mould of onions, garlic and shallots (causative organism)colonyAspergillus dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium cepa/Allium cepaonion
Aspergillus dematiaceous anamorph colony of Aspergillus dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on Allium oschaninii Shallot Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Aspergillus niger/Aspergillus nigerblack mould of onions, garlic and shallots (causative organism)colonyAspergillus dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium oschaninii/Allium oschaniniishallot
Aspergillus dematiaceous anamorph colony of Aspergillus dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on Allium sativum Garlic Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Aspergillus niger/Aspergillus nigerblack mould of onions, garlic and shallots (causative organism)colonyAspergillus dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium sativum/Allium sativumgarlic

Aspergillus niger (Black Mould Of Onions, Garlic and Shallots - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Aspergillus niger (Black Mould Of Onions, Garlic and Shallots - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
WikipediaDiseases of the honey beeen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_honey_bee
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesAspergillus niger (Black Mould Of Onions, Garlic and Shallots - causative organism)
Form genusAspergillus (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)
FamilyTRICHOCOMACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderEUROTIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassEUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
ClassEUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
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 Aspergillus niger (Black Mould Of Onions, Garlic and Shallots - causative organism)

Aspergillus niger (Black Mould Of Onions, Garlic and Shallots - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aspergillus niger (Black Mould Of Onions, Garlic and Shallots - causative organism):

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