Ramularia beticola Fautrey & Lambotte
(a beet leaf-spot fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesRamularia beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus)
Form genusRamularia (a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes)
FamilyMYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
OrderCAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ramularia beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus) :
1: Ramularia beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus)
17 Sep 2008 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
leaf spots on Spinach Beet ’Perpetual’
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surface - close-upImage 2: Infected leaf - top surface - close-up (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - under surface - close-upImage 4: Infected leaf - under surface - close-up (2)Image 5: Leaf spots - top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Leaf spots - top surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Leaf spots - top surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 8: Leaf spots - top surface - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 9: Leaf spots - top surface - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 10: Leaf spots - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Leaf spots - under surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 12: Leaf spots - under surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 13: Lesion - under surface - magnifiedImage 14: Lesion - under surface - magnified (2)Image 15: Lesion - under surface - magnified (3)Image 16: Conidia - magnifiedImage 17: Conidia - highly magnifiedImage 18: Conidia - highly magnified (2)Image 19: Conidiophores emerging through stoma - magnified

Ramularia beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ramularia beticola (a beet leaf-spot fungus)
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