Mycosphaerella superflua (Fuckel) Petr.
(an ascomycete)

Interactions where Mycosphaerella superflua 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
pseudothecium (immersed, crowded)		immersed, crowded pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella superflua/	Mycosphaerella superflua	an ascomycete		immersed, crowded		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		dead	stem				(3)
Ramularia anamorph (amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse)		amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia anamorph parasitises live leaf			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella superflua/	Mycosphaerella superflua	an ascomycete		amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle		live	leaf		Major		(4-9)
Ramularia anamorph (amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse)		amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia anamorph parasitises live leaf			Urtica pilulifera	Roman Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella superflua/	Mycosphaerella superflua	an ascomycete		amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica pilulifera/	Urtica pilulifera	Roman nettle		live	leaf
Ramularia anamorph (amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse)		amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia anamorph parasitises live leaf			Urtica urens	Small Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella superflua/	Mycosphaerella superflua	an ascomycete		amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica urens/	Urtica urens	small nettle		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Mycosphaerella superflua (an ascomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Mycosphaerella superflua (an ascomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mycosphaerella superflua (an ascomycete)
Genus	Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
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)

Mycosphaerella superflua is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
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 Mycosphaerella superflua (an ascomycete)

Mycosphaerella superflua (an ascomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mycosphaerella superflua (an ascomycete):

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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