Podosphaera euphorbiae (Castagne) U. Braun & S. Takam.
(Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew)

Interactions where Podosphaera euphorbiae 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
		parasitises			Euphorbia altissima	a garden spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia altissima/	Euphorbia altissima	a garden spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia amygdaloides	Wood Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia amygdaloides/	Euphorbia amygdaloides	wood spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia dulcis	Sweet Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia dulcis/	Euphorbia dulcis	sweet spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia esula	Leafy Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia esula/	Euphorbia esula	leafy spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia esula x waldsteinii = E. x pseudovirgata	twiggy spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia esula x waldsteinii = E. x pseudovirgata/	Euphorbia esula x waldsteinii = E. x pseudovirgata	twiggy spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia exigua	Dwarf Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia exigua/	Euphorbia exigua	dwarf spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia griffithii	Griffith’s Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia griffithii/	Euphorbia griffithii	Griffith's spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia helioscopia	Sun Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia helioscopia/	Euphorbia helioscopia	sun spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia hyberna	Irish Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia hyberna/	Euphorbia hyberna	Irish spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia orientalis	a garden spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia orientalis/	Euphorbia orientalis	a garden spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia palustris	Marsh Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia palustris/	Euphorbia palustris	marsh spurge
cleistothecium		cleistothecium parasitises			Euphorbia peplus	Petty Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia peplus/	Euphorbia peplus	petty spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia platyphyllos	Broad-leaved Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia platyphyllos/	Euphorbia platyphyllos	broad-leaved spurge
		infects and damages live leaf			Euphorbia pulcherrima	Poinsettia	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	Watch out for Poinsettia problems, Anon., 2009	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia pulcherrima/	Euphorbia pulcherrima	poinsettia		live	leaf
		parasitises			Euphorbia segetalis	Corn Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia segetalis/	Euphorbia segetalis	corn spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia serawschanica	a garden spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia serawschanica/	Euphorbia serawschanica	a garden spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia serrulata	Upright Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia serrulata/	Euphorbia serrulata	upright spurge
		parasitises			Euphorbia villosa	Hairy Spurge	Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera euphorbiae/	Podosphaera euphorbiae	spurge mildew, eurasian poinsettia powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia villosa/	Euphorbia villosa	hairy spurge

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2009	Watch out for Poinsettia problems	Plant Clinic News Nov: 2.
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Podosphaera euphorbiae (Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Podosphaera euphorbiae (Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ERYSIPHACEAE
(powdery mildews)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Podosphaera euphorbiae (Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew)
Genus	Podosphaera (a genus of powdery mildews)
Family	ERYSIPHACEAE (powdery mildews)
Order	ERYSIPHALES (powdery mildews)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Podosphaera euphorbiae 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 Podosphaera euphorbiae (Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew)

Podosphaera euphorbiae (Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ERYSIPHALES
(powdery mildews)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Podosphaera euphorbiae (Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew):

ERYSIPHACEAE
(powdery mildews)

ERYSIPHALES
(powdery mildews)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 11 images of Podosphaera euphorbiae (Spurge Mildew, Eurasian Poinsettia Powdery Mildew)

A powdery mildew which parasitises Euphorbia peplus. It is the only powdery mildew on Euphorbia.

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