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Sclerotinia trifoliorum Erikss., 1880 (a discomycete)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Variety Sclerotinia trifoliorum var. fabae M.A. Keay, 1939 (a discomycete) 2

Suggested Literature

Sclerotinia trifoliorum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)
HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Sclerotinia trifoliorum is associated with:

Photos apothecium Fabaceae - vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae apothecium may be found among Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [arise from buried sclerotia in round bare patches among sizeable colonies of the host plant]
Photos apothecium Onobrychis viciifolia - Sainfoin (Fabaceae) apothecium may be found among Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [arise from buried sclerotia in round bare patches among sizeable colonies of the host plant]
Photos apothecium Trifolium pratense - Red Clover (Fabaceae) apothecium may be found among Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [arise from buried sclerotia in round bare patches among sizeable colonies of the host plant]
Photos apothecium Trifolium repens - White Clover, Dutch Clover (Fabaceae) apothecium may be found among Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [arise from buried sclerotia in round bare patches among sizeable colonies of the host plant]
Photos sclerotium Fabaceae - vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos sclerotium Onobrychis viciifolia - Sainfoin (Fabaceae) buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos sclerotium Trifolium pratense - Red Clover (Fabaceae) buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos sclerotium Trifolium repens - White Clover, Dutch Clover (Fabaceae) buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Sclerotinia trifoliorum:

sclerotium sclerotium is parasitised by pycnidium of Coniothyrium coelomycetous anamorph Coniothyrium minitans - a coelomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Sclerotinia trifoliorum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

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