Peronospora sparsa s. lat.
(Rose Downy Mildew)

Interactions where Peronospora sparsa s. lat. 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
sporangium colony of sporangium parasitises live berry UK/Ireland Fragaria strawberries Rosales: Rosaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria/Fragariastrawberriesliveberry
sporangium colony of sporangium parasitises live sepal UK/Ireland Fragaria strawberries Rosales: Rosaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria/Fragariastrawberrieslivesepal
sporangium (hypophyllous) hypophyllous colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf UK/Ireland Fragaria strawberries Rosales: Rosaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewhypophyllouscolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria/Fragariastrawberriesliveleaf
sporangium sporangium parasitises live UK/Ireland Potentilla recta Sulphur Cinquefoil Rosales: Rosaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Potentilla recta/Potentilla rectasulphur cinquefoillive
sporangium sporangium infects and damages live leaf UK/Ireland Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel Rosales: Rosaceae New British hosts for the downy mildew Bremia lactucae, Legon, N. & Spooner, B., 2015
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus laurocerasus/Prunus laurocerasuscherry laurelliveleaf
sporangium sporangium parasitises live UK/Ireland Rosa roses and briars Rosales: Rosaceae Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland, Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa/Rosaroses and briarslive
sporangium sporangium infects and damages live leaf UK/Ireland Rosa cv Caucasica a garden rose Rosales: Rosaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa cv Caucasica/Rosa cv Caucasicaa garden roseliveleaf
sporangium sporangium infects and damages live leaf UK/Ireland Rosa cv Rotundifolia a garden rose Rosales: Rosaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa cv Rotundifolia/Rosa cv Rotundifoliaa garden roseliveleaf
sporangium sporangium infects and damages live leaf UK/Ireland Rosa cv Zabelliana a garden rose Rosales: Rosaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa cv Zabelliana/Rosa cv Zabellianaa garden roseliveleaf
sporangium sporangium parasitises live UK/Ireland Rosa spinosissima Burnet Rose Rosales: Rosaceae Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland, Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa spinosissima/Rosa spinosissimaburnet roselive
sporangium sporangium infects and damages live leaf UK/Ireland Rosa spinosissima Burnet Rose Rosales: Rosaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa spinosissima/Rosa spinosissimaburnet roseliveleaf
sporangium sporangium infects and damages live leaf UK/IrelandCaptivity [Rosa sp. cult.] cultivated roses 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
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa sp. cult./Rosa sp. cult.cultivated rosesliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus arcticus Arctic Bramble Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus arcticus/Rubus arcticusArctic brambleleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus caesius Dewberry Rosales: Rosaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus caesius/Rubus caesiusdewberryleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus canadensis Thornless Blackberry Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus canadensis/Rubus canadensisthornless blackberryleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus cissburiensis a bramble Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus cissburiensis/Rubus cissburiensisa brambleleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) UK/Ireland Rubus fruticosus agg. brambles, blackberries Rosales: Rosaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus fruticosus agg./Rubus fruticosus agg.brambles, blackberriesleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) UK/Ireland Rubus idaeus Raspberry Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus/Rubus idaeusraspberryleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus idaeus x vitifolius loganberry Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus x vitifolius/Rubus idaeus x vitifoliusloganberryleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus laciniatus Cut-leaf Bramble, Parsley-leaved Blackberry, Parsley-leaved Bramble Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus laciniatus/Rubus laciniatuscut-leaf bramble, parsley-leaved blackberry, parsley-leaved brambleleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus nemorosus a bramble Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus nemorosus/Rubus nemorosusa brambleleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus parviflorus/Rubus parviflorusthimbleberryleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus plicatus Plaited-leaved Bramble Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus plicatus/Rubus plicatusplaited-leaved brambleleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus spectabilis Salmonberry Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus spectabilis/Rubus spectabilissalmonberryleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus sulcatus a bramble Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus sulcatus/Rubus sulcatusa brambleleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) Rubus tuberculatus a bramble Rosales: Rosaceae Peronospora rubi, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus tuberculatus/Rubus tuberculatusa brambleleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) UK/Ireland Rubus ulmifolius a bramble Rosales: Rosaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus ulmifolius/Rubus ulmifoliusa brambleleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)
colony (effuse, hypophyllous) effuse, hypophyllous colony infects and damages leaf (especially lower leaves) UK/Ireland Rubus ursinus Boysenberry Rosales: Rosaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora sparsa s. lat./Peronospora sparsa s. lat.rose downy mildeweffuse, hypophyllouscolony Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus ursinus/Rubus ursinusboysenberryleaf (especially lower leaves) (summer-autumn)

Author & YearTitleSource
Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.Fungal Records Database of Britain and Irelandwww.fieldmycology.net/GBCHKLST/gbchklst.asp
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
Hall, G., 1980Peronospora rubiI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 976.
Legon, N. & Spooner, B., 2015New British hosts for the downy mildew Bremia lactucaeField Mycology Vol 16 (1): 29-32.
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society

Peronospora sparsa s. lat. (Rose Downy Mildew) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPeronospora sparsa s. lat. (Rose Downy Mildew)
GenusPeronospora (a genus of downy mildews)
FamilyPERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
OrderPERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
ClassPERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
PhylumOOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Peronospora sparsa s. lat. (Rose Downy Mildew)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hall, G. 1980 Peronospora rubi I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 976.

Peronospora sparsa s. lat. (Rose Downy Mildew) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Peronospora sparsa s. lat. (Rose Downy Mildew):

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