Peronospora verbasci Gäum.
(a downy mildew)

Interactions where Peronospora verbasci 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		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum blattaria	Moth Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum blattaria/	Verbascum blattaria	moth mullein		pale yellow	shoot
sporangium		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum densiflorum	Dense-flowered Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum densiflorum/	Verbascum densiflorum	dense-flowered mullein		pale yellow	shoot
sporangium		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum lychnitis	White Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum lychnitis/	Verbascum lychnitis	white mullein		pale yellow	shoot
sporangium		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum nigrum	Dark Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum nigrum/	Verbascum nigrum	dark mullein		pale yellow	shoot
sporangium		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum phlomoides	Orange Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum phlomoides/	Verbascum phlomoides	orange mullein		pale yellow	shoot
sporangium		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum phoeniceum	Purple Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum phoeniceum/	Verbascum phoeniceum	purple mullein		pale yellow	shoot
sporangium		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum speciosum	Hungarian Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum speciosum/	Verbascum speciosum	Hungarian mullein		pale yellow	shoot
sporangium		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum thapsus	Great Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/	Verbascum thapsus	great mullein		pale yellow	shoot
sporangium		sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot			Verbascum virgatum	Twiggy Mullein	Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae	Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/	Peronospora verbasci	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum virgatum/	Verbascum virgatum	twiggy mullein		pale yellow	shoot

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hall, G., 1961	Peronospora sordida	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1062.
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Peronospora verbasci (a downy mildew) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peronospora verbasci (a downy mildew)
Genus	Peronospora (a genus of downy mildews)
Family	PERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
Order	PERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Peronospora verbasci is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Peronospora verbasci (a downy mildew)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hall, G.	1961	Peronospora sordida	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1062.

Peronospora verbasci (a downy mildew) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Peronospora
(a genus of downy mildews)

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Peronospora verbasci (a downy mildew):

Peronospora
(a genus of downy mildews)

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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