Colletotrichum orchidearum Allesch.
(Orchid Spot - causative organism)

Interactions where Colletotrichum orchidearum 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
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph feeds on pseudobulb			Coelogyne	a genus of tropical orchids	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum orchidearum/	Colletotrichum orchidearum	orchid spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Coelogyne/	Coelogyne	a genus of tropical orchids			pseudobulb
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph feeds on			Oberonia	a genus of tropical orchids	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum orchidearum/	Colletotrichum orchidearum	orchid spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Oberonia/	Oberonia	a genus of tropical orchids
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph feeds on			Odontoglossum	a genus of orchids	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum orchidearum/	Colletotrichum orchidearum	orchid spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Odontoglossum/	Odontoglossum	a genus of orchids
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph feeds on			Phalaenopsis sanderiana	a moth orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum orchidearum/	Colletotrichum orchidearum	orchid spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Phalaenopsis sanderiana/	Phalaenopsis sanderiana	a moth orchid	?
Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph feeds on			Vanda	a genus of tropical orchids	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum orchidearum/	Colletotrichum orchidearum	orchid spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Vanda/	Vanda	a genus of tropical orchids

Author & Year	Title	Source
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Colletotrichum orchidearum (Orchid Spot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Colletotrichum orchidearum (Orchid 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)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Colletotrichum orchidearum (Orchid Spot - causative organism)
Genus	Colletotrichum (a form genus of coelomycetes)
Family	GLOMERELLACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	HYPOCREOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Colletotrichum orchidearum is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Colletotrichum)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Colletotrichum orchidearum (Orchid Spot - causative organism)

Colletotrichum orchidearum (Orchid Spot - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Colletotrichum
(a form genus of coelomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Colletotrichum orchidearum (Orchid Spot - causative organism):

Colletotrichum
(a form genus of coelomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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