Cryphonectria parasitica (Murrill) M.E. Barr
(Chestnut Blight - causative organism)

Interactions where Cryphonectria parasitica 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
cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages trunk			Castanea dentata	American Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/	Castanea dentata	american sweet chestnut			trunk		Minor
cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages branch			Castanea dentata	American Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/	Castanea dentata	american sweet chestnut			branch		Minor
perithecium (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages branch			Castanea dentata	American Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/	Castanea dentata	american sweet chestnut			branch		Minor
perithecium (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages trunk			Castanea dentata	American Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/	Castanea dentata	american sweet chestnut			trunk		Minor
cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages trunk			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut			trunk		Major	Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages branch			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut			branch		Major	Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
perithecium (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages branch			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut			branch		Major	Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
perithecium (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages trunk			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut			trunk		Major	Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises bark			Quercus ilex	Holm Oak, Evergreen Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus ilex/	Quercus ilex	holm oak, evergreen oak			bark		Rare
perithecium (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic perithecium parasitises bark			Quercus ilex	Holm Oak, Evergreen Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus ilex/	Quercus ilex	holm oak, evergreen oak			bark		Rare
cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises bark			Quercus petraea	Sessile Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/	Quercus petraea	sessile oak			bark		Rare
perithecium (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic perithecium parasitises bark			Quercus petraea	Sessile Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus petraea/	Quercus petraea	sessile oak			bark		Rare
cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises bark			Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak			bark		Rare
perithecium (embedded, stromatic)		embedded, stromatic perithecium parasitises bark			Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Fagales: Fagaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus robur/	Quercus robur	pedunculate oak			bark		Rare

Author & Year	Title	Source
Forestry Commission	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)	www.forestry.gov.uk/chestnutblight
Anon, 2012	Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Cryphonectria parasitica (Chestnut Blight - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cryphonectria parasitica (Chestnut Blight - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cryphonectria parasitica (Chestnut Blight - causative organism)
Family	CRYPHONECTRIACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	DIAPORTHALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Cryphonectria parasitica is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Cryphonectria parasitica (Chestnut Blight - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon	2012	Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)
	Forest Research	2012	Path News Issue 24: Spring 2012
	Forestry Commission England	2016	Pest and diseases symptoms panels	.
	Forestry Commission		Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)	www.forestry.gov.uk/chestnutblight

Cryphonectria parasitica (Chestnut Blight - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Henrici, A.	2013	Notes & Records (Oct 2013)	Field Mycology Vol 14 (4): 136-138.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cryphonectria parasitica (Chestnut Blight - causative organism):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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