Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands
(a blight (a cause of Ink Disease))

Interactions where Phytophthora cinnamomi is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
		infects and damages necrotic root			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		necrotic	root
		infects and damages necrotic collar			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		necrotic	collar
		infects and damages necrotic root			Fagus sylvatica	Beech	Fagales: Fagaceae	Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/	Fagus sylvatica	beech		necrotic	root
		infects and damages necrotic collar			Fagus sylvatica	Beech	Fagales: Fagaceae	Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/	Fagus sylvatica	beech		necrotic	collar
		infects and damages root			Quercus ilex	Holm Oak, Evergreen Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus ilex/	Quercus ilex	holm oak, evergreen oak			root
		infects and damages root			Quercus suber	Cork Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus suber/	Quercus suber	cork oak			root
		infects and damages root			Eucalyptus	gums, gumtrees	Myrtales: Myrtaceae	Phytophthora diseases of trees, Anon., 2008	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Eucalyptus/	Eucalyptus	gums, gumtrees			root
		infects and damages necrotic root			[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		necrotic	root
		infects and damages necrotic collar			[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		necrotic	collar
		infects and damages necrotic root			Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Lawson’s Cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe, Brasier, C., 1999	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora cinnamomi/	Phytophthora cinnamomi	a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis lawsoniana/	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Lawson's cypress		necrotic	root		Major

Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

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

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2008	Phytophthora diseases of trees	Plant Clinic News May 08: 1.
Brasier, C., 1999	Phytophthora Pathogens of Trees: Their Rising Profile in Europe	Forestry Commission Information Notes, 30, 6pp, Forestry Commission

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease))
Genus	Phytophthora (blights)
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)

Phytophthora cinnamomi 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 Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fox, R.T.V.	1991	Fungal foes in your garden no 13: Phytophthora Root Rot	Mycologist Vol 05 (3): 119.

Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Phytophthora
(blights)

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))

General Literature

Origin and distribution of four species of Phytophthora

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease):

Phytophthora
(blights)

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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