Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat.
(Violet Root Rot - causative organism)

Interactions where Helicobasidium purpureum 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
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Asparagus officinalis	Asparagus, Garden Asparagus	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus officinalis/	Asparagus officinalis	asparagus, garden asparagus			root		Minor
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Apium graveolens var dulce	Celery	Apiales: Apiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Apium graveolens var. dulce/	Apium graveolens var. dulce	celery			root		Minor
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Daucus carota ssp sativus	Garden Carrot	Apiales: Apiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. sativus/	Daucus carota subsp. sativus	garden carrot			root		Major
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Pastinaca sativa ssp sativa var hortensis	Parsnip	Apiales: Apiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa var. hortensis/	Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa var. hortensis	parsnip			root		Major
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Achillea millefolium	Yarrow	Asterales: Asteraceae	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea millefolium/	Achillea millefolium	yarrow			root
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Sonchus	sow thistles	Asterales: Asteraceae	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Sonchus/	Sonchus	sow thistles			root
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Brassica napus ssp rapifera	Swede	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus subsp. rapifera/	Brassica napus subsp. rapifera	swede			root		Major
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Brassica rapa	Turnip	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica rapa/	Brassica rapa	turnip			root		Major
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Capsella bursa-pastoris	Shepherd’s Purse, Shepherd’s-purse	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Capsella bursa-pastoris/	Capsella bursa-pastoris	shepherd’s purse, shepherd's-purse			root
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Crambe maritima	Sea-kale	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Crambe maritima/	Crambe maritima	sea-kale			root		Minor
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var vulgaris	Beetroot, Red Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. vulgaris	beetroot, red beet			root		Major
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Stellaria	chickweeds	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			root
colony		colony may be found on live stem			Mercurialis perennis	Dog’s Mercury	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				colony	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/	Mercurialis perennis	dog's mercury		live	stem		Major
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Urtica	nettles	Rosales: Urticaceae	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/	Urtica	nettles			root
colony		colony may be found on live stem			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				colony	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		live	stem		Major
Rhizoctonia anamorph		Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root			Solanum tuberosum	Potato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato			root		Major
		is saprobic on dead, decayed wood			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)					Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		dead, decayed	wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Fox, R.T.V., 2006	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus	Mycologist Vol 19 (1): 46-47.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism) 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	Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism)
Genus	Helicobasidium (a genus of pucciniomycetes)
Family	HELICOBASIDIACEAE (a family of pucciniomycetes)
Order	HELICOBASIDIALES (an order of pucciniomycetes)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Helicobasidium purpureum is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Pucciniomycetes)
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 Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fox, R.T.V.	2006	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus	Mycologist Vol 19 (1): 46-47.

Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Garrett, S.D.	1946	A study of Violet Root Rot - factors affecting production and growth of mycelial strands in Helicobasidium purpureum Pat.	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 114-127.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism):

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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