Sclerotinia bulborum (Wakker) Sacc.
(Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism)

Interactions where Sclerotinia bulborum 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
anamorph		anamorph infects and damages live bulb			Hyacinthus orientalis	Hyacinth	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia bulborum/	Sclerotinia bulborum	hyacinth black slime (causative organism)				anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Hyacinthus orientalis/	Hyacinthus orientalis	hyacinth		live	bulb		Major
anamorph		anamorph infects and damages live bulb			Muscari	grape hyacinths	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia bulborum/	Sclerotinia bulborum	hyacinth black slime (causative organism)				anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/	Muscari	grape hyacinths		live	bulb
apothecium		apothecium infects and damages live bulb			Muscari	grape hyacinths	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia bulborum/	Sclerotinia bulborum	hyacinth black slime (causative organism)				apothecium	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Muscari/	Muscari	grape hyacinths		live	bulb
anamorph		anamorph infects and damages live bulb			Scilla	squills	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia bulborum/	Sclerotinia bulborum	hyacinth black slime (causative organism)				anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Scilla/	Scilla	squills		live	bulb		Major
anamorph		anamorph infects and damages live bulb			Crocus	croci	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia bulborum/	Sclerotinia bulborum	hyacinth black slime (causative organism)				anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Crocus/	Crocus	croci		live	bulb		Minor
anamorph		anamorph infects and damages live bulb			Fritillaria (Bot.)	fritillaries	Liliales: Liliaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia bulborum/	Sclerotinia bulborum	hyacinth black slime (causative organism)				anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Liliaceae/Fritillaria (Bot.)/	Fritillaria (Bot.)	fritillaries		live	bulb		Minor

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Sclerotinia bulborum (Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Sclerotinia bulborum (Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sclerotinia
(a genus of discomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sclerotinia bulborum (Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism)
Genus	Sclerotinia (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	SCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
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)

Sclerotinia bulborum is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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 Sclerotinia bulborum (Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism)

Sclerotinia bulborum (Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sclerotinia bulborum (Hyacinth Black Slime - causative organism):

Sclerotinia
(a genus of discomycetes)

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

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