Sclerotinia homoeocarpa F.T. Benn.
(Dollar Spot - causative organism)

Interactions where Sclerotinia homoeocarpa 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
infects and damages patchily dead plant POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia homoeocarpa/Sclerotinia homoeocarpadollar spot (causative organism) Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchpatchily deadplant (early autumn)
causes spots on bleached leaf POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia homoeocarpa/Sclerotinia homoeocarpadollar spot (causative organism) Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchbleachedleaf (early autumn)
infects and damages patchily dead plant Major Festuca rubra agg. red fescues Poales: Poaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia homoeocarpa/Sclerotinia homoeocarpadollar spot (causative organism) Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./Festuca rubra agg.red fescuespatchily deadplantMajor (early autumn)
causes spots on bleached leaf Major Festuca rubra agg. red fescues Poales: Poaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia homoeocarpa/Sclerotinia homoeocarpadollar spot (causative organism) Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca rubra agg./Festuca rubra agg.red fescuesbleachedleafMajor (early autumn)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Sclerotinia homoeocarpa (Dollar Spot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sclerotinia homoeocarpa (Dollar Spot - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSclerotinia homoeocarpa (Dollar Spot - causative organism)
GenusSclerotinia (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilySCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
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 Sclerotinia homoeocarpa (Dollar Spot - causative organism)

Sclerotinia homoeocarpa (Dollar Spot - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sclerotinia homoeocarpa (Dollar Spot - causative organism):

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