Ascochyta dianthi (Alb. & Schwein.) Berk.
(a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism))

Interactions where Ascochyta dianthi is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Agrostemma githago	Corncockle	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Agrostemma githago/	Agrostemma githago	corncockle		live	leaf				(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf			Agrostemma githago	Corncockle	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Agrostemma githago/	Agrostemma githago	corncockle		fading	leaf				(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Dianthus	pinks	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus/	Dianthus	pinks		live	leaf				(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf			Dianthus	pinks	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus/	Dianthus	pinks		fading	leaf				(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Dianthus barbatus	Sweet William, Sweet-William	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus barbatus/	Dianthus barbatus	sweet William, sweet-William		live	leaf		Major		(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids	Carnation	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids/	Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids	carnation		live	leaf		Minor		(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Lychnis	a genus of catchflies	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Lychnis/	Lychnis	a genus of catchflies		live	leaf				(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf			Lychnis	a genus of catchflies	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Lychnis/	Lychnis	a genus of catchflies		fading	leaf				(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Saponaria	soapworts	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Saponaria/	Saponaria	soapworts		live	leaf				(summer)
Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph (clustered, blackish)		clustered, blackish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf			Saponaria	soapworts	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta dianthi/	Ascochyta dianthi	a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)		clustered, blackish	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomatous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Saponaria/	Saponaria	soapworts		fading	leaf				(summer)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Ascochyta dianthi (a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ascochyta dianthi (a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Phyllosticta dianthi				Synonym

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Ascochyta dianthi (a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism))
Genus	Ascochyta (a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ascochyta dianthi is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Ascochyta)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ascochyta dianthi (a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism)

Ascochyta dianthi (a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ascochyta dianthi (a Dianthus leaf spot (causative organism):

Ascochyta
(a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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