Mycosphaerella brassicicola (Duby) Lindau
(Brassica Ring Spot - causative organism)

Interactions where Mycosphaerella brassicicola 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
Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, attached leaf (outer)			Brassica napus ssp rapifera	Swede	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism			pycnidium	Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus subsp. rapifera/	Brassica napus subsp. rapifera	swede		live, attached	leaf (outer)
pseudothecium		pseudothecium is saprobic on fallen, dead, outer leaf			Brassica napus ssp rapifera	Swede	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism				pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus subsp. rapifera/	Brassica napus subsp. rapifera	swede		fallen, dead, outer	leaf
Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, attached leaf (outer)			Brassica oleracea	Cabbages Etc.	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism			pycnidium	Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea/	Brassica oleracea	cabbages etc.		live, attached	leaf (outer)
pseudothecium		pseudothecium is saprobic on fallen, dead, outer leaf			Brassica oleracea	Cabbages Etc.	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism				pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea/	Brassica oleracea	cabbages etc.		fallen, dead, outer	leaf
Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, attached leaf (outer)			Brassica oleracea var botrytis	Cauliflower	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism			pycnidium	Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/	Brassica oleracea var. botrytis	cauliflower		live, attached	leaf (outer)		Major
pseudothecium		pseudothecium is saprobic on fallen, dead, outer leaf			Brassica oleracea var botrytis	Cauliflower	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism				pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/	Brassica oleracea var. botrytis	cauliflower		fallen, dead, outer	leaf		Major
Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, attached leaf (outer)			Brassica oleracea var capitata	Cabbage	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism			pycnidium	Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. capitata/	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	cabbage		live, attached	leaf (outer)		Major
pseudothecium		pseudothecium is saprobic on fallen, dead, outer leaf			Brassica oleracea var capitata	Cabbage	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism				pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. capitata/	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	cabbage		fallen, dead, outer	leaf		Major
Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, attached leaf (outer)			Brassica oleracea var gemmifera	Brussels-sprout	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism			pycnidium	Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera/	Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera	Brussels-sprout		live, attached	leaf (outer)		Major
pseudothecium		pseudothecium is saprobic on fallen, dead, outer leaf			Brassica oleracea var gemmifera	Brussels-sprout	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/	Mycosphaerella brassicicola	Brassica ring spot - causative organism				pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera/	Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera	Brussels-sprout		fallen, dead, outer	leaf		Major

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

Mycosphaerella brassicicola (Brassica Ring Spot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Mycosphaerella brassicicola (Brassica Ring Spot - 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))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Phyllosticta brassicicola				Synonym

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mycosphaerella brassicicola (Brassica Ring Spot - causative organism)
Genus	Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Mycosphaerella brassicicola 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 Mycosphaerella brassicicola (Brassica Ring Spot - causative organism)

Mycosphaerella brassicicola (Brassica Ring Spot - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

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 Mycosphaerella brassicicola (Brassica Ring Spot - causative organism):

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

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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