Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes
(Potato and Tomato Black Dot Disease - causative organism, Black Dot Of Potatoes)

Interactions where Colletotrichum coccodes 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
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live stem (base)			CUCURBITACEAE	cucurbits, cucumbers and melons	Cucurbitales	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/	Cucurbitaceae	cucurbits, cucumbers and melons		live	stem (base)		Minor
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live stem (base)			FABOIDEAE	vetches, peas and beans	Fabales: Fabaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Faboideae/	Faboideae	vetches, peas and beans		live	stem (base)		Minor
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live stem (base)			SOLANACEAE	nightshades	Solanales	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/	Solanaceae	nightshades		live	stem (base)
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live stem (base)			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	stem (base)		Major
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live root			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	root		Major
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph (abundant, minute)		abundant, minute sclerotium of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live stem (base)			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes		abundant, minute	sclerotium	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	stem (base)		Major
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph (abundant, minute)		abundant, minute sclerotium of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live root			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes		abundant, minute	sclerotium	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	root		Major
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph (minute)		minute sclerotium of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on root			Solanum capsicastrum	Winter-cherry	Solanales: Solanaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes		minute	sclerotium	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum capsicastrum/	Solanum capsicastrum	winter-cherry			root
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem (base)			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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato		dead	stem (base)		Major
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph (abundant, minute)		abundant, minute sclerotium of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages tuber			Solanum tuberosum	Potato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Potato black dot soil testing, Anon., 2009 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes		abundant, minute	sclerotium	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato			tuber		Major
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph (abundant, minute)		abundant, minute sclerotium of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem (base)			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 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum coccodes/	Colletotrichum coccodes	potato and tomato black dot disease (causative organism), black dot of potatoes		abundant, minute	sclerotium	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum tuberosum/	Solanum tuberosum	potato		dead	stem (base)		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2009	Potato black dot soil testing	Plant Clinic News Feb 09: 1.
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
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Colletotrichum coccodes (Potato and Tomato Black Dot Disease - causative organism, Black Dot Of Potatoes) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Colletotrichum coccodes (Potato and Tomato Black Dot Disease - causative organism, Black Dot Of Potatoes) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Colletotrichum coccodes (Potato and Tomato Black Dot Disease - causative organism, Black Dot Of Potatoes)
Genus	Colletotrichum (a form genus of coelomycetes)
Family	GLOMERELLACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	HYPOCREOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Colletotrichum coccodes is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Colletotrichum)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Colletotrichum coccodes (Potato and Tomato Black Dot Disease - causative organism, Black Dot Of Potatoes)

Colletotrichum coccodes (Potato and Tomato Black Dot Disease - causative organism, Black Dot Of Potatoes) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Colletotrichum
(a form genus of coelomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Anon.	2009	Potato black dot soil testing	Plant Clinic News Feb 09: 1.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Colletotrichum coccodes (Potato and Tomato Black Dot Disease - causative organism, Black Dot Of Potatoes):

Colletotrichum
(a form genus of coelomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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