Peronospora ranunculi Gäum.
(a downy mildew)

Interactions where Peronospora ranunculi 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
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Ranunculus acris	Meadow Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora ranunculi/	Peronospora ranunculi	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus acris/	Ranunculus acris	meadow buttercup		live			Minor
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Ranunculus bulbosus	Bulbous Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora ranunculi/	Peronospora ranunculi	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus bulbosus/	Ranunculus bulbosus	bulbous buttercup		live			Minor
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Ranunculus flammula	Lesser Spearwort	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora ranunculi/	Peronospora ranunculi	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus flammula/	Ranunculus flammula	lesser spearwort		live			Minor
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora ranunculi/	Peronospora ranunculi	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/	Ranunculus repens	creeping buttercup		live			Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Peronospora ranunculi (a downy mildew) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peronospora ranunculi (a downy mildew)
Genus	Peronospora (a genus of downy mildews)
Family	PERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
Order	PERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Peronospora ranunculi is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Peronospora ranunculi (a downy mildew)

Peronospora ranunculi (a downy mildew) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Peronospora
(a genus of downy mildews)

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Peronospora ranunculi (a downy mildew):

Peronospora
(a genus of downy mildews)

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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