Didymella applanata (Niessl) Sacc.
(Raspberry Spur Blight)

Interactions where Didymella applanata 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
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		Phoma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella applanata/	Didymella applanata	raspberry spur blight				Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/	Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries		live	leaf				(3-5)
pseudothecium (immersed)		immersed pseudothecium infects and damages live leaf			Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella applanata/	Didymella applanata	raspberry spur blight		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/	Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries		live	leaf				(3-5)
		causes spots on live stem			Rubus idaeus	Raspberry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella applanata/	Didymella applanata	raspberry spur blight					Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus/	Rubus idaeus	raspberry		live	stem		Major		(8)
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		Phoma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Rubus idaeus	Raspberry	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/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella applanata/	Didymella applanata	raspberry spur blight				Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus/	Rubus idaeus	raspberry		live	leaf		Major		(3-5)
pseudothecium (immersed)		immersed pseudothecium infects and damages live leaf			Rubus idaeus	Raspberry	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/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella applanata/	Didymella applanata	raspberry spur blight		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus/	Rubus idaeus	raspberry		live	leaf		Major		(3-5)
		causes spots on live stem			Rubus idaeus x vitifolius	loganberry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella applanata/	Didymella applanata	raspberry spur blight					Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus x vitifolius/	Rubus idaeus x vitifolius	loganberry		live	stem		Major		(8)
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		Phoma coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Rubus idaeus x vitifolius	loganberry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella applanata/	Didymella applanata	raspberry spur blight				Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus x vitifolius/	Rubus idaeus x vitifolius	loganberry		live	leaf		Major		(3-5)
pseudothecium (immersed)		immersed pseudothecium infects and damages live leaf			Rubus idaeus x vitifolius	loganberry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella applanata/	Didymella applanata	raspberry spur blight		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus x vitifolius/	Rubus idaeus x vitifolius	loganberry		live	leaf		Major		(3-5)

Author & Year	Title	Source
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

Didymella applanata (Raspberry Spur Blight) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Didymella applanata (Raspberry Spur Blight) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Didymella applanata (Raspberry Spur Blight)
Genus	Didymella (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	DIDYMELLACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Didymella applanata is also a member of:
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 Didymella applanata (Raspberry Spur Blight)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Blake, C.M.	1980	Development of perithecla and pycnidia of Didymella applanata (causing spur blight) on raspberry canes.	TBMS Vol 74 (1).

Didymella applanata (Raspberry Spur Blight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Didymella applanata (Raspberry Spur Blight):

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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