Cladosporium cucumerinum Ellis & Arthur
(Cucumber Gummosis or Scab - causative organism)

Interactions where Cladosporium cucumerinum 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
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live			Cucumis melo	Melon	Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cucumerinum/	Cladosporium cucumerinum	cucumber gummosis or scab (causative organism)			colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucumis melo/	Cucumis melo	melon		live			Rare
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live stem			Cucumis sativus	Cucumber, Gherkin	Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cucumerinum/	Cladosporium cucumerinum	cucumber gummosis or scab (causative organism)			colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucumis sativus/	Cucumis sativus	cucumber, gherkin		live	stem
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live, gummy lesioned fruit (young)			Cucumis sativus	Cucumber, Gherkin	Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cucumerinum/	Cladosporium cucumerinum	cucumber gummosis or scab (causative organism)			colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucumis sativus/	Cucumis sativus	cucumber, gherkin		live, gummy lesioned	fruit (young)
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Cucumis sativus	Cucumber, Gherkin	Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cucumerinum/	Cladosporium cucumerinum	cucumber gummosis or scab (causative organism)			colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucumis sativus/	Cucumis sativus	cucumber, gherkin		live	leaf
Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live			Cucurbita pepo	Marrow	Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium cucumerinum/	Cladosporium cucumerinum	cucumber gummosis or scab (causative organism)			colony	Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucurbita pepo/	Cucurbita pepo	marrow		live			Rare

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Cladosporium cucumerinum (Cucumber Gummosis or Scab - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cladosporium
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cladosporium cucumerinum (Cucumber Gummosis or Scab - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cladosporium
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Cladosporium cucumerinum (Cucumber Gummosis or Scab - causative organism)
Genus	Cladosporium (a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)
Family	CLADOSPORIACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
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)

Cladosporium cucumerinum is also a member of:
Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes - dematiaceous anamorphic fungi (via Cladosporium)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Cladosporium cucumerinum (Cucumber Gummosis or Scab - causative organism)

Cladosporium cucumerinum (Cucumber Gummosis or Scab - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cladosporium cucumerinum (Cucumber Gummosis or Scab - causative organism):

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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