Cryptostroma corticale (Ellis & Everh.) P.H. Greg. & S. Waller
(Sycamore Sooty Bark Disease - causative organism)

Interactions where Cryptostroma corticale 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
Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph (subcortical)		subcortical colony of Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages subcortex of standing tree			Acer	maples	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cryptostroma corticale/	Cryptostroma corticale	sycamore sooty bark disease (causative organism)		subcortical	colony	Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer/	Acer	maples			subcortex	standing tree	Rare
Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph (subcortical)		subcortical colony of Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages subcortex of standing tree			Acer campestre	Field Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959 How far has Cryptostroma corticale spread in Britain?, Paviour-Smith, K., 1976	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cryptostroma corticale/	Cryptostroma corticale	sycamore sooty bark disease (causative organism)		subcortical	colony	Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer campestre/	Acer campestre	field maple			subcortex	standing tree
Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph (subcortical)		subcortical colony of Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages subcortex of standing tree			Acer platanoides	Norway Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	How far has Cryptostroma corticale spread in Britain?, Paviour-Smith, K., 1976	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cryptostroma corticale/	Cryptostroma corticale	sycamore sooty bark disease (causative organism)		subcortical	colony	Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer platanoides/	Acer platanoides	Norway maple			subcortex	standing tree
Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages worked wood			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Occurrence of Cryptostroma corticale on sawn timber of Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L. ), Nash-Wortham, J., 1967	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cryptostroma corticale/	Cryptostroma corticale	sycamore sooty bark disease (causative organism)			colony	Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple				worked wood	Major
Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph (subcortical)		subcortical colony of Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages subcortex of standing tree			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959 How far has Cryptostroma corticale spread in Britain?, Paviour-Smith, K., 1976	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Cryptostroma corticale/	Cryptostroma corticale	sycamore sooty bark disease (causative organism)		subcortical	colony	Cryptostroma dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple			subcortex	standing tree	Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Nash-Wortham, J., 1967	Occurrence of Cryptostroma corticale on sawn timber of Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L. )	TBMS Vol 50 (2): 327, Plates 13-15.
Paviour-Smith, K., 1976	How far has Cryptostroma corticale spread in Britain?	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 10 (1): 16-19.

Cryptostroma corticale (Sycamore Sooty Bark Disease - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Cryptostroma corticale (Sycamore Sooty Bark Disease - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Cryptostroma corticale (Sycamore Sooty Bark Disease - causative organism)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cryptostroma corticale is also a member of:
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 Cryptostroma corticale (Sycamore Sooty Bark Disease - causative organism)

Cryptostroma corticale (Sycamore Sooty Bark Disease - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Nash-Wortham, J.	1967	Occurrence of Cryptostroma corticale on sawn timber of Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L. )	TBMS Vol 50 (2): 327, Plates 13-15.
Paviour-Smith, K.	1976	How far has Cryptostroma corticale spread in Britain?	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 10 (1): 16-19.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cryptostroma corticale (Sycamore Sooty Bark Disease - causative organism):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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