Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr.
(a tar-spot)

Interactions where Rhytisma andromedae 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
apothecium (stromatic, clustered)		stromatic, clustered apothecium parasitises live leaf			Andromeda polifolia	Bog Rosemary, Bog-rosemary	Ericales: Ericaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma andromedae/	Rhytisma andromedae	a tar-spot		stromatic, clustered		apothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Andromeda polifolia/	Andromeda polifolia	bog rosemary, bog-rosemary		live	leaf		Major		(5-7(8)
apothecium (stromatic, clustered)		stromatic, clustered apothecium parasitises live stem			Andromeda polifolia	Bog Rosemary, Bog-rosemary	Ericales: Ericaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma andromedae/	Rhytisma andromedae	a tar-spot		stromatic, clustered		apothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Andromeda polifolia/	Andromeda polifolia	bog rosemary, bog-rosemary		live	stem		Major		(5-7(8)
apothecium (stromatic, clustered)		stromatic, clustered apothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Andromeda polifolia	Bog Rosemary, Bog-rosemary	Ericales: Ericaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma andromedae/	Rhytisma andromedae	a tar-spot		stromatic, clustered		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Andromeda polifolia/	Andromeda polifolia	bog rosemary, bog-rosemary		dead	stem		Major		(5-7(8)
apothecium (stromatic, clustered)		stromatic, clustered apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf			Andromeda polifolia	Bog Rosemary, Bog-rosemary	Ericales: Ericaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma andromedae/	Rhytisma andromedae	a tar-spot		stromatic, clustered		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Andromeda polifolia/	Andromeda polifolia	bog rosemary, bog-rosemary		dead	leaf		Major		(5-7(8)
pycnidial anamorph (stromatic, immersed)		stromatic, immersed pycnidial anamorph parasitises live leaf			Andromeda polifolia	Bog Rosemary, Bog-rosemary	Ericales: Ericaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma andromedae/	Rhytisma andromedae	a tar-spot		stromatic, immersed		pycnidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Andromeda polifolia/	Andromeda polifolia	bog rosemary, bog-rosemary		live	leaf		Major		(7-8(9)
pycnidial anamorph (stromatic, immersed)		stromatic, immersed pycnidial anamorph parasitises live stem			Andromeda polifolia	Bog Rosemary, Bog-rosemary	Ericales: Ericaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma andromedae/	Rhytisma andromedae	a tar-spot		stromatic, immersed		pycnidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Andromeda polifolia/	Andromeda polifolia	bog rosemary, bog-rosemary		live	stem		Major		(7-8(9)
pycnidial anamorph (stromatic, immersed)		stromatic, immersed pycnidial anamorph is saprobic on dead stem			Andromeda polifolia	Bog Rosemary, Bog-rosemary	Ericales: Ericaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma andromedae/	Rhytisma andromedae	a tar-spot		stromatic, immersed		pycnidial anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Andromeda polifolia/	Andromeda polifolia	bog rosemary, bog-rosemary		dead	stem		Major		(7-8(9)
pycnidial anamorph (stromatic, immersed)		stromatic, immersed pycnidial anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf			Andromeda polifolia	Bog Rosemary, Bog-rosemary	Ericales: Ericaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr., Minter, D.W., 1996	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Rhytisma andromedae/	Rhytisma andromedae	a tar-spot		stromatic, immersed		pycnidial anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Andromeda polifolia/	Andromeda polifolia	bog rosemary, bog-rosemary		dead	leaf		Major		(7-8(9)

Rhytisma andromedae (a tar-spot) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Rhytisma andromedae (a tar-spot) 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))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Minter, D.W., 1996	Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1295.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rhytisma andromedae (a tar-spot)
Genus	Rhytisma (tar-spot fungi)
Family	RHYTISMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	RHYTISMATALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Rhytisma andromedae 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 Rhytisma andromedae (a tar-spot)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Minter, D.W.	1996	Rhytisma andromedae (Pers.) Fr.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1295.

Rhytisma andromedae (a tar-spot) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

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 Rhytisma andromedae (a tar-spot):

RHYTISMATACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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