Monographella nivalis (Schaffnit) E. Müll.
(Snow Mould, "Fusarium Patch" - causative organism)

Interactions where Monographella nivalis 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
Fusarium anamorph Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Major Agrostis stolonifera Creeping Bent Poales: Poaceae 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/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis stolonifera/Agrostis stoloniferacreeping bentleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)Major (mainly 10-3)
Fusarium anamorph Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Avena oats Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena/Avenaoatsleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)
perithecium (immersed) immersed perithecium infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Avena oats Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)immersedperithecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena/Avenaoatsleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)
Fusarium anamorph Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Major Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae 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/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.leaf sheath (usually close to stem base)Major (mainly 10-3)
Fusarium anamorph Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Major Festuca rubra agg. red fescues Poales: Poaceae 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/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./Festuca rubra agg.red fescuesleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)Major (mainly 10-3)
Fusarium anamorph Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Major Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass Poales: Poaceae Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf, Baldwin, N.A., 1990
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/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa annua/Poa annuaannual meadow-grassleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)Major (mainly 10-3)
Fusarium anamorph Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Elytrigia repens ssp repens Common Couch Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens subsp. repens/Elytrigia repens subsp. repenscommon couchleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)
perithecium (immersed) immersed perithecium infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Elytrigia repens ssp repens Common Couch Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)immersedperithecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens subsp. repens/Elytrigia repens subsp. repenscommon couchleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)
Fusarium anamorph Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Hordeum barleys Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/Hordeumbarleysleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)
perithecium (immersed) immersed perithecium infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Hordeum barleys Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)immersedperithecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/Hordeumbarleysleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)
Fusarium anamorph Fusarium anamorph infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Triticum wheats Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)Fusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum/Triticumwheatsleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)
perithecium (immersed) immersed perithecium infects and damages leaf sheath (usually close to stem base) Triticum wheats Poales: Poaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monographella nivalis/Monographella nivalissnow mould, "Fusarium patch" (causative organism)immersedperithecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum/Triticumwheatsleaf sheath (usually close to stem base)

Author & YearTitleSource
Baldwin, N.A., 1990Fungal Diseases of Sports TurfMycologist Vol 4 (1): 16-19.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Monographella nivalis (Snow Mould, "Fusarium Patch" - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Monographella nivalis (Snow Mould, "Fusarium Patch" - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMonographella nivalis (Snow Mould, "Fusarium Patch" - causative organism)
FamilyAMPHISPHAERIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
OrderXYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
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 Monographella nivalis (Snow Mould, "Fusarium Patch" - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Baldwin, N.A. 1990 Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf Mycologist Vol 4 (1): 16-19.
Fox, R.T.V. 2003 Fungal foes in your garden no 56: Pink Snow Mould of Grasses Mycologist Vol 17 (3): 131-132.

Monographella nivalis (Snow Mould, "Fusarium Patch" - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Monographella nivalis (Snow Mould, "Fusarium Patch" - causative organism):

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