Perofascia lepidii (McAlpine) Constant.
(a chromist)

Interactions where Perofascia lepidii 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
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live, swollen leaf			Lepidium didymum	Lesser Swine-cress	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland, Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M. Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Perofascia lepidii/	Perofascia lepidii	a chromist				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium didymum/	Lepidium didymum	lesser swine-cress		live, swollen	leaf
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live, swollen stem			Lepidium didymum	Lesser Swine-cress	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland, Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M. Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Perofascia lepidii/	Perofascia lepidii	a chromist				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium didymum/	Lepidium didymum	lesser swine-cress		live, swollen	stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.	Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland	www.fieldmycology.net/GBCHKLST/gbchklst.asp
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Perofascia lepidii (a chromist) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Perofascia lepidii (a chromist)
Family	PERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
Order	PERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Perofascia lepidii is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Perofascia lepidii (a chromist)

Perofascia lepidii (a chromist) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Perofascia lepidii (a chromist):

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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