Pseudocercosporella brassicae
(Brassica White Spot - causative organism)

Interactions where Pseudocercosporella brassicae 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
Pseudocercosporella anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica	cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercosporella brassicae/	Pseudocercosporella brassicae	Brassica white spot - causative organism		amphigenous		Pseudocercosporella anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/	Brassica	cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape		live	leaf		Minor
Pseudocercosporella anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica napus ssp rapifera	Swede	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercosporella brassicae/	Pseudocercosporella brassicae	Brassica white spot - causative organism		amphigenous		Pseudocercosporella anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus subsp. rapifera/	Brassica napus subsp. rapifera	swede		live	leaf		Major
Pseudocercosporella anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica rapa	Turnip	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercosporella brassicae/	Pseudocercosporella brassicae	Brassica white spot - causative organism		amphigenous		Pseudocercosporella anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica rapa/	Brassica rapa	turnip		live	leaf		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Pseudocercosporella brassicae (Brassica White Spot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pseudocercosporella brassicae (Brassica White 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))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Pseudocercosporella brassicae (Brassica White Spot - causative organism)
Genus	Pseudocercosporella (a genus of leaf-spot fungi)
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)

Pseudocercosporella brassicae 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.)

Pseudocercosporella brassicae (Brassica White Spot - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pseudocercosporella
(a genus of leaf-spot fungi)

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 Pseudocercosporella brassicae (Brassica White Spot - causative organism):

Pseudocercosporella
(a genus of leaf-spot fungi)

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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