Alternaria brassicicola (Schwein.) Wiltshire
(a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism)

Interactions where Alternaria brassicicola 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
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			BRASSICACEAE	cabbages, cresses etc.	Brassicales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism		amphigenous	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/	Brassicaceae	cabbages, cresses etc.		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica oleracea	Cabbages Etc.	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism		amphigenous	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea/	Brassica oleracea	cabbages etc.		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live curd			Brassica oleracea var italica	Broccoli, Calabrese	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. italica/	Brassica oleracea var. italica	broccoli, calabrese		live	curd
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica oleracea var italica	Broccoli, Calabrese	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism		amphigenous	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. italica/	Brassica oleracea var. italica	broccoli, calabrese		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica oleracea var botrytis	Cauliflower	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism		amphigenous	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/	Brassica oleracea var. botrytis	cauliflower		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live pod			Brassica oleracea var capitata	Cabbage	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism			colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. capitata/	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	cabbage		live	pod
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica oleracea var capitata	Cabbage	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism		amphigenous	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. capitata/	Brassica oleracea var. capitata	cabbage		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica oleracea var gemmifera	Brussels-sprout	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism		amphigenous	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera/	Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera	Brussels-sprout		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Brassica oleracea var viridis	Kale	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism		amphigenous	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. viridis/	Brassica oleracea var. viridis	kale		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (amphigenous)		amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Raphanus sativus	Garden Radish	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/	Alternaria brassicicola	a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism		amphigenous	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Raphanus sativus/	Raphanus sativus	garden radish		live	leaf		Rare

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
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Alternaria brassicicola (a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Alternaria brassicicola (a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Alternaria brassicicola (a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism)
Genus	Alternaria (a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)
Family	PLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Alternaria brassicicola is also a member of:
Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes - dematiaceous anamorphic fungi (via Alternaria)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Alternaria brassicicola (a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Wiltshire, S.P.	1947	Species of Alternaria on Brassicae	Mycological Papers, No. 20, 15pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute

Alternaria brassicicola (a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alternaria brassicicola (a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism):

Alternaria
(a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
(dematiaceous anamorphic fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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