Spilocaea pyracanthae (G.H. Otth) Arx
(Pyracantha Scab)

Interactions where Spilocaea pyracanthae 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
Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live flower			Eriobotrya japonica	Loquat	Rosales: Rosaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Eriobotrya japonica/	Eriobotrya japonica	loquat		live	flower
Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Eriobotrya japonica	Loquat	Rosales: Rosaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Eriobotrya japonica/	Eriobotrya japonica	loquat		live	leaf
Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live fruit			Eriobotrya japonica	Loquat	Rosales: Rosaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Eriobotrya japonica/	Eriobotrya japonica	loquat		live	fruit
Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live twig			Eriobotrya japonica	Loquat	Rosales: Rosaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Eriobotrya japonica/	Eriobotrya japonica	loquat		live	twig
Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Pyracantha coccinea	Firethorn	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	leaf
Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live fruit			Pyracantha coccinea	Firethorn	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	fruit
Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live twig			Pyracantha coccinea	Firethorn	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	twig
Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph		colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live flower			Pyracantha coccinea	Firethorn	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	flower

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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

Spilocaea pyracanthae (Pyracantha Scab) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Spilocaea pyracanthae (Pyracantha Scab) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Spilocaea pyracanthae (Pyracantha Scab)
Genus	Spilocaea (a form genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)
Family	VENTURIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	VENTURIALES (an order of fungi)
Subclass	PLEOSPOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Spilocaea pyracanthae 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 Spilocaea pyracanthae (Pyracantha Scab)

Spilocaea pyracanthae (Pyracantha Scab) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Spilocaea
(a form genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

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 Spilocaea pyracanthae (Pyracantha Scab):

Spilocaea
(a form genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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