Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea J.A. Toml.
(Powdery Potato Scab)

Interactions where Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea 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
		causes gall of live root			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea/	Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea	powdery potato scab					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	root
		causes gall of live root			Solanum tuberosum	Potato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea/	Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea	powdery potato scab					Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato		live	root
		causes spots on live tuber			Solanum tuberosum	Potato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea/	Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea	powdery potato scab					Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato		live	tuber
		causes spots on live stolon			Solanum tuberosum	Potato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea/	Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea	powdery potato scab					Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato		live	stolon

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

Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea (Powdery Potato Scab) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Form	Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea (Powdery Potato Scab)
Species	Spongospora subterranea (Powdery Scab Of Potatoes)
Genus	Spongospora (a genus of protozoan slime moulds)
Family	PLASMODIOPHORIDAE (a family of protozoans)
Order	PLASMODIOPHORIDA (an order of slime moulds)
Class	PHYTOMYXEA (a class of slime moulds)
Subphylum	ENDOMYXA (a subphylum of protozoans)
Phylum	CERCOZOA (a phylum of protozoans)
Kingdom	PROTOZOA (protists, single-celled organisms)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Cercozoa)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea (Powdery Potato Scab)

Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea (Powdery Potato Scab) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CERCOZOA
(a phylum of protozoans)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Spongospora subterranea f. subterranea (Powdery Potato Scab):

PLASMODIOPHORIDAE
(a family of protozoans)

CERCOZOA
(a phylum of protozoans)

PROTOZOA
(protists, single-celled organisms)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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