Taphrina tosquinetii (Westend.) Magnus
(Alder Wrinkle)

Interactions where Taphrina tosquinetii 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
ascoma (amphigenous)		amphigenous ascoma causes gall of enlarged, thickened, blistered, rather brittle, incurved leaf of esp. sucker shoots			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina tosquinetii/	Taphrina tosquinetii	alder wrinkle		amphigenous		ascoma	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		enlarged, thickened, blistered, rather brittle, incurved	leaf	esp. sucker shoots	Major		(6-9)
ascoma (amphigenous)		amphigenous ascoma causes gall of live, distorted shoot (young) of esp. sucker shoots			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina tosquinetii/	Taphrina tosquinetii	alder wrinkle		amphigenous		ascoma	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		live, distorted	shoot (young)	esp. sucker shoots	Major		(6-9)
ascoma (amphigenous)		amphigenous ascoma causes gall of live, distorted shoot (young) of esp. sucker shoots			Alnus glutinosa	Alder	Fagales: Betulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina tosquinetii/	Taphrina tosquinetii	alder wrinkle		amphigenous		ascoma	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/	Alnus glutinosa	alder		live, distorted	shoot (young)	esp. sucker shoots	Major		(6-9)
ascoma (amphigenous)		amphigenous ascoma causes gall of enlarged, thickened, blistered, rather brittle, incurved leaf of esp. sucker shoots			Alnus glutinosa	Alder	Fagales: Betulaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Taphrinomycetes/Taphrinales/Taphrinaceae/Taphrina tosquinetii/	Taphrina tosquinetii	alder wrinkle		amphigenous		ascoma	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/	Alnus glutinosa	alder		enlarged, thickened, blistered, rather brittle, incurved	leaf	esp. sucker shoots			(6-9)

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

Taphrina tosquinetii (Alder Wrinkle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Taphrina tosquinetii (Alder Wrinkle) 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:

Species	Taphrina tosquinetii (Alder Wrinkle)
Genus	Taphrina (tongue fungi)
Family	TAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi)
Order	TAPHRINALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	TAPHRINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	TAPHRINOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	TAPHRINOMYCOTINA (pneumocystid fungi)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Taphrina tosquinetii 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 Taphrina tosquinetii (Alder Wrinkle)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Robinson, K.	2010	Alder Carr Fungi - Microfungi on Alder	Field Mycology Vol 11 (1): 23-24.

Taphrina tosquinetii (Alder Wrinkle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TAPHRINALES
(an order 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 Taphrina tosquinetii (Alder Wrinkle):

Taphrina
(tongue fungi)

TAPHRINALES
(an order 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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