Phyllosticta mercurialis Desm.
(a coelomycete)

Interactions where Phyllosticta mercurialis 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
Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous, immersed) amphigenous, immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on Mercurialis perennisQuestionable Dog’s Mercury Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta mercurialis/Phyllosticta mercurialisa coelomyceteamphigenous, immersedpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis perennis/Mercurialis perennisdog's mercury? (6-10)

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

Phyllosticta mercurialis (a coelomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phyllosticta mercurialis (a coelomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesPhyllosticta mercurialis (a coelomycete)
GenusPhyllosticta (a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)
FamilyPHYLLOSTICTACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderBOTRYOSPHAERIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
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 Phyllosticta mercurialis (a coelomycete)

Phyllosticta mercurialis (a coelomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phyllosticta mercurialis (a coelomycete):

Very dubious. Not a Phyllosticta. Possibly a state of Ascochyta mercurialis Bres., but there has also been confusion with Cercospora mercurialis Pass.

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