Ascosphaera apis (Maasen ex Claussen) L.S. Olive & Spiltoir
(Chalkbrood (Of Honey Bees) - causative organism)

Interactions where Ascosphaera apis 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
infects gut of larva UK/Ireland Apis mellifera Honey Bee, Hive Bee, Drone-bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diseases of the honey bee, Wikipedia
Bee Pests and Diseases, FERA
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Ascosphaerales/Ascosphaeraceae/Ascosphaera apis/Ascosphaera apischalkbrood (of honey bees) - causative organism Animal / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Apis mellifera/Apis melliferahoney bee, hive bee, drone-beegutlarva
infects dead, white, "chalky" larva UK/Ireland Apis mellifera Honey Bee, Hive Bee, Drone-bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diseases of the honey bee, Wikipedia
Bee Pests and Diseases, FERA
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Ascosphaerales/Ascosphaeraceae/Ascosphaera apis/Ascosphaera apischalkbrood (of honey bees) - causative organism Animal / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Apis mellifera/Apis melliferahoney bee, hive bee, drone-beedead, white, "chalky"larva

Author & YearTitleSource
WikipediaDiseases of the honey beeen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_honey_bee
FERABee Pests and Diseasessecure.csl.gov.uk/beebase/public/BeeDiseases/indexDiseases.cfm

Ascosphaera apis (Chalkbrood (Of Honey Bees) - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ascosphaera apis (Chalkbrood (Of Honey Bees) - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAscosphaera apis (Chalkbrood (Of Honey Bees) - causative organism)
FamilyASCOSPHAERACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderASCOSPHAERALES (an order of fungi)
SubclassEUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
ClassEUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ascosphaera apis (Chalkbrood (Of Honey Bees) - causative organism)

Ascosphaera apis (Chalkbrood (Of Honey Bees) - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ascosphaera apis (Chalkbrood (Of Honey Bees) - causative organism):

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