Taphrina wiesneri (Ráthay) Mix
(Cherry Leaf Curl - causative organism)

Interactions where Taphrina wiesneri 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
fruitbody		fruitbody causes gall of live, galled shoot tip			Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina wiesneri/	Taphrina wiesneri	cherry leaf curl (causative organism)				fruitbody	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/	Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry		live, galled	shoot tip
infection		infection causes gall of reddened or pinkish, smelling of coumarin leaf			Prunus avium	Wild Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina wiesneri/	Taphrina wiesneri	cherry leaf curl (causative organism)				infection	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium/	Prunus avium	wild cherry		reddened or pinkish, smelling of coumarin	leaf
infection		infection causes gall of stem			Prunus avium	Wild Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina wiesneri/	Taphrina wiesneri	cherry leaf curl (causative organism)				infection	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium/	Prunus avium	wild cherry			stem
fruitbody		fruitbody causes gall of live, galled shoot tip			Prunus avium cv	Ornamental Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina wiesneri/	Taphrina wiesneri	cherry leaf curl (causative organism)				fruitbody	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium cv/	Prunus avium cv	ornamental cherry		live, galled	shoot tip
infection		infection causes gall of curled, reddened leaf			Prunus avium cv	Ornamental Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina wiesneri/	Taphrina wiesneri	cherry leaf curl (causative organism)				infection	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium cv/	Prunus avium cv	ornamental cherry		curled, reddened	leaf
infection		infection causes gall of reddened or pinkish, smelling of coumarin leaf			Prunus cerasus	Dwarf Cherry, Sour Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina wiesneri/	Taphrina wiesneri	cherry leaf curl (causative organism)				infection	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus cerasus/	Prunus cerasus	dwarf cherry, sour cherry		reddened or pinkish, smelling of coumarin	leaf
infection		infection causes gall of stem			Prunus cerasus	Dwarf Cherry, Sour Cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina wiesneri/	Taphrina wiesneri	cherry leaf curl (causative organism)				infection	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus cerasus/	Prunus cerasus	dwarf cherry, sour cherry			stem

Taphrina wiesneri (Cherry Leaf Curl - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Taphrina wiesneri (Cherry Leaf Curl - 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))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Taphrina wiesneri (Cherry Leaf Curl - causative organism)
Genus	Taphrina (tongue fungi)
Family	TAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi)
Order	TAPHRINALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	TAPHRINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	TAPHRINOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	TAPHRINOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Taphrina wiesneri 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 Taphrina wiesneri (Cherry Leaf Curl - causative organism)

Taphrina wiesneri (Cherry Leaf Curl - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TAPHRINALES
(an order 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 Taphrina wiesneri (Cherry Leaf Curl - causative organism):

Taphrina
(tongue fungi)

TAPHRINALES
(an order 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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