BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Rhytisma acerinum (Pers.) Fr., 1823 (Sycamore Tar-spot)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhytisma acerinum | Infection | 13 October 1997 | Berks | England | 1 | |
| Rhytisma acerinum | Fruitbody | 7 May 1976 | Mid-west Yorkshire | England | 1 | |
| Rhytisma acerinum | Resting stage | 27 September 1974 | Derby | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Minter, D., 1990 (Colour photograph) | First Steps: Little Black Spots |
| Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2002 | Teaching techniques for mycology: 18. Rhytisma acerinum, cause of tar-spot disease of sycamore leaves |
Rhytisma acerinum may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCOTA (spore-shooters) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
RHYTISMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Rhytisma acerinum is associated with:
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apothecium | Acer campestre - Field Maple (Aceraceae) | stromatic, embedded apothecium is saprobic on rotting, over-wintered leaf | 
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Stroma splits after rain the reveal apothecia] |
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apothecium | Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae) | stromatic, embedded apothecium is saprobic on rotting, over-wintered leaf | 
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Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2002 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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Melasmia coelomycetous spermatial anamorph, stroma | Acer campestre - Field Maple (Aceraceae) | epiphyllous stroma of Melasmia coelomycetous spermatial anamorph parasitises live leaf |
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Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2002 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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Melasmia coelomycetous spermatial anamorph, stroma | Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae) | epiphyllous stroma of Melasmia coelomycetous spermatial anamorph parasitises live leaf |
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Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2002 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
Associated with Rhytisma acerinum:
| stroma | stroma is associate of apothecium | Lachnum rhytismatis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
Rhytisma acerinum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Weber, R.W.S. & Webster, J., 2002 | Teaching techniques for mycology: 18. Rhytisma acerinum, cause of tar-spot disease of sycamore leaves |
