Peronospora rumicis Corda
(a downy mildew)

Interactions where Peronospora rumicis 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 (grey, felty)		grey, felty colony of sporangium parasitises live flower			Rumex acetosa ssp acetosa	Common Sorrel	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew		grey, felty	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosa/	Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosa	common sorrel		live	flower
sporangium (violet, hypophyllous, felty)		violet, hypophyllous, felty colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf			Rumex acetosa ssp acetosa	Common Sorrel	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew		violet, hypophyllous, felty	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosa/	Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosa	common sorrel		live	leaf
sporangium		colony of sporangium parasitises live, crumpled leaf (upper)			Rumex acetosella	Sheep’s Sorrel	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew			colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/	Rumex acetosella	sheep's sorrel		live, crumpled	leaf (upper)
sporangium (grey, felty)		grey, felty colony of sporangium parasitises live flower			Rumex longifolius	Northern Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew		grey, felty	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex longifolius/	Rumex longifolius	northern dock		live	flower
sporangium (violet, hypophyllous, felty)		violet, hypophyllous, felty colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf			Rumex longifolius	Northern Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew		violet, hypophyllous, felty	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex longifolius/	Rumex longifolius	northern dock		live	leaf
sporangium (grey, felty)		grey, felty colony of sporangium parasitises live flower			Rumex patientia	Patience Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew		grey, felty	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex patientia/	Rumex patientia	patience dock		live	flower
sporangium (violet, hypophyllous, felty)		violet, hypophyllous, felty colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf			Rumex patientia	Patience Dock	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew		violet, hypophyllous, felty	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex patientia/	Rumex patientia	patience dock		live	leaf
sporangium (grey, felty)		grey, felty colony of sporangium parasitises live flower			Rumex scutatus	French Sorrel	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew		grey, felty	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex scutatus/	Rumex scutatus	french sorrel		live	flower
sporangium (violet, hypophyllous, felty)		violet, hypophyllous, felty colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf			Rumex scutatus	French Sorrel	Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae	Peronospora rumicis, Hall, G., 1994	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora rumicis/	Peronospora rumicis	a downy mildew		violet, hypophyllous, felty	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex scutatus/	Rumex scutatus	french sorrel		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hall, G., 1994	Peronospora rumicis	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1199.
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Peronospora rumicis (a downy mildew) 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	Peronospora rumicis (a downy mildew)
Genus	Peronospora (a genus of downy mildews)
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)

Peronospora rumicis 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 Peronospora rumicis (a downy mildew)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hall, G.	1994	Peronospora rumicis	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1199.

Peronospora rumicis (a downy mildew) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Peronospora
(a genus of downy mildews)

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 Peronospora rumicis (a downy mildew):

Peronospora
(a genus of downy mildews)

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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