Cristulariella depraedans (Cooke) Höhn.
(an anamorphic fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesCristulariella depraedans (an anamorphic fungus)
GenusCristulariella (a genus of anamorphic fungi)
FamilySCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cristulariella depraedans (an anamorphic fungus) :
1: Cristulariella depraedans (an anamorphic fungus)
1 Sep 2007 OSGR: SK38 53° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South-west Yorks (VC 63) England
leaf spots on Sycamore leaf
Image 1: Spotted leaf - top surface - pale backgroundImage 2: Spotted leaf - top surface - pale background (2)Image 3: Spotted leaf - under surface - pale backgroundImage 4: Spotted leaf - under surface - pale background (2)Image 5: Leaf spot - close-up - highly enlarged
2: Cristulariella depraedans (an anamorphic fungus)
27 Aug 2007 OSGR: SD86 54° 10’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
on Sycamore leaf
Image 1: Leaf spots - top surface of leaf - close-upImage 2: Leaf spots - top surface of leaf - close-up (2)Image 3: Leaf spots - top surface of leaf - close-up (3)Image 4: Leaf spots - top surface of leaf - close-up (4)Image 5: Leaf spots - under surface of leaf - close-upImage 6: Leaf spots - under surface of leaf - close-up (2)Image 7: Leaf spots - under surface of leaf - close-up (3)Image 8: Leaf spots - under surface of leaf - close-up (4)Image 9: Leaf spots - top surface - highly enlargedImage 10: Leaf spots - top surface - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Leaf spots - under surface - highly enlargedImage 12: Leaf spots - under surface - highly enlarged (2)Image 13: Leaf spot - top surface - magnifiedImage 14: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (2)Image 15: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (3)Image 16: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (4)Image 17: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (5)Image 18: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (6)Image 19: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (7)Image 20: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (8)Image 21: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (9)Image 22: Leaf spot - top surface - magnified (10)Image 23: Leaf spot - under surface - magnifiedImage 24: Leaf spot - under surface - magnified (2)Image 25: Leaf spot - under surface - magnified (3)Image 26: Leaf spot - under surface - magnified (4)Image 27: Leaf spot - under surface - magnified (5)Image 28: Conidiophore head - magnifiedImage 29: Conidiophore head - magnified (2)Image 30: Conidiophore head - magnified (3)Image 31: Conidiophore head - microscope low magnificationImage 32: Conidiophore head squash - magnifiedImage 33: Conidiophores - magnifiedImage 34: Conidiophores - highly magnifiedImage 35: Conidiophores - highly magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Forest Research 2012 Path News Issue 25: Autumn 2012
Forest Research 2007 Path News Issue 15: October 2007
Kowalski, T. & Bartnik, C. 2008 Cristulariella depraedans as causal agent of leaf spots of a maple and other trees and shrubs Acta Mycologica Vol 43 (1): 5-12 + 2 plates.

Cristulariella depraedans (an anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cristulariella depraedans (an anamorphic fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cristulariella depraedans (an anamorphic fungus)
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