BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat., 1885 (a ustilaginomycete)
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Fox, R.T.V., 2006 | Fungal foes in your garden: 59. Violet root rot of Asparagus |
Helicobasidium purpureum may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers) |
USTILAGINOMYCETES (ustilaginomycetes) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Helicobasidium purpureum is associated with:
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Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees | is saprobic on dead, decayed wood | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | ||
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colony | Mercurialis perennis - Dog’s Mercury (Euphorbiaceae) | colony may be found on live stem | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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colony | Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) | colony may be found on live stem |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
| Rhizoctonia anamorph | Asparagus officinalis - Asparagus (Liliaceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | 
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Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | |
| Rhizoctonia anamorph | Daucus carota ssp. sativus - Carrot (Apiaceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | ||
| Rhizoctonia anamorph | Pastinaca sativa ssp. sativa var. hortensis - Parsnip (Apiaceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | ||
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Rhizoctonia anamorph | Achillea millefolium - Yarrow (Asteraceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | |
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Rhizoctonia anamorph | Sonchus - sow thistles (Asteraceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | |
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Rhizoctonia anamorph | Capsella bursa-pastoris - Shepherd’s Purse (Brassicaceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | |
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Rhizoctonia anamorph | Stellaria - chickweeds (Caryophyllaceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | |
| Rhizoctonia anamorph | Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris var. vulgaris - Beetroot (Chenopodiaceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | ||
| Rhizoctonia anamorph | Solanum tuberosum - Potato (Solanaceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | ||
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Rhizoctonia anamorph | Urtica - nettles (Urticaceae) | Rhizoctonia anamorph infects root | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] |
Associated with Helicobasidium purpureum:
Helicobasidium purpureum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
References
| Fox, R.T.V., 2006 | Fungal foes in your garden: 59. Violet root rot of Asparagus |
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
