Alternaria radicina Meier, Drechsler & E.D. Eddy
(Carrot Black Rot - causative organism)

Interactions where Alternaria radicina 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 (effuse)		effuse colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages black lesioned hypocotyl of seedling			Daucus carota ssp sativus	Garden Carrot	Apiales: Apiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria radicina/	Alternaria radicina	carrot black rot (causative organism)		effuse	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. sativus/	Daucus carota subsp. sativus	garden carrot		black lesioned	hypocotyl	seedling
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages blackened, then softened root			Daucus carota ssp sativus	Garden Carrot	Apiales: Apiaceae	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 radicina/	Alternaria radicina	carrot black rot (causative organism)		effuse	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. sativus/	Daucus carota subsp. sativus	garden carrot		blackened, then softened	root
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Daucus carota ssp sativus	Garden Carrot	Apiales: Apiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria radicina/	Alternaria radicina	carrot black rot (causative organism)		effuse	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. sativus/	Daucus carota subsp. sativus	garden carrot		live	leaf
Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph (effuse)		effuse colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf (petiole)			Daucus carota ssp sativus	Garden Carrot	Apiales: Apiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria radicina/	Alternaria radicina	carrot black rot (causative organism)		effuse	colony	Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. sativus/	Daucus carota subsp. sativus	garden carrot		live	leaf (petiole)

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

Alternaria radicina (Carrot Black Rot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Alternaria radicina (Carrot Black Rot - 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 radicina (Carrot Black Rot - 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)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alternaria radicina (Carrot Black Rot - causative organism)

Alternaria radicina (Carrot Black Rot - causative organism) may 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 radicina (Carrot Black Rot - 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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