Gaeumannomyces graminis (Sacc.) Arx & D.L. Olivier
(Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent))

Interactions where Gaeumannomyces graminis 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
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	stem base				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			Carex pendula	Pendulous Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pendula/	Carex pendula	pendulous sedge		dead	stem base				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			Carex pendula	Pendulous Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pendula/	Carex pendula	pendulous sedge		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead	stem base				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			Arrhenatherum elatius	False Oat-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Arrhenatherum elatius/	Arrhenatherum elatius	false oat-grass		dead	stem base				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			Arrhenatherum elatius	False Oat-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Arrhenatherum elatius/	Arrhenatherum elatius	false oat-grass		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)				(3-10)
		infects and damages patchily bronze or bleached plant			Agrostis	bent grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf, Baldwin, N.A., 1990 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis/	Agrostis	bent grasses		patchily bronze or bleached	plant		Major		(late summer-)
perithecium (immersed)		immersed perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			Agrostis	bent grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf, Baldwin, N.A., 1990 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis/	Agrostis	bent grasses		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)		Major		(3-10)
perithecium (immersed)		immersed perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			Agrostis	bent grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf, Baldwin, N.A., 1990 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Agrostis/	Agrostis	bent grasses		dead	stem base		Major		(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			Dactylis	cock’s-foot grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis/	Dactylis	cock's-foot grasses		dead	stem base				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			Dactylis	cock’s-foot grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis/	Dactylis	cock's-foot grasses		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted Hair-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia cespitosa/	Deschampsia cespitosa	tufted hair-grass		dead	stem base				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			Deschampsia cespitosa	Tufted Hair-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Deschampsia cespitosa/	Deschampsia cespitosa	tufted hair-grass		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			Hordeum	barleys	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/	Hordeum	barleys		dead	stem base				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			Hordeum	barleys	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum/	Hordeum	barleys		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead stem base			Triticum	wheats	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A comparison between Ophiobolus graminis and Ophiobolus graminis var. avenae, Willetts, H.J., 1961	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum/	Triticum	wheats		dead	stem base				(3-10)
perithecium (immersed, mycelial matted)		immersed, mycelial matted perithecium infects and damages dead leaf sheath (lower part)			Triticum	wheats	Poales: Poaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A comparison between Ophiobolus graminis and Ophiobolus graminis var. avenae, Willetts, H.J., 1961	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Gaeumannomyces graminis/	Gaeumannomyces graminis	take-all patch disease, ophiobolus patch (causative agent)		immersed, mycelial matted		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum/	Triticum	wheats		dead	leaf sheath (lower part)				(3-10)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Baldwin, N.A., 1990	Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf	Mycologist Vol 4 (1): 16-19.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Willetts, H.J., 1961	A comparison between Ophiobolus graminis and Ophiobolus graminis var. avenae	TBMS Vol 44 (4): 504-510.

Gaeumannomyces graminis (Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Gaeumannomyces graminis (Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Gaeumannomyces graminis var avenae an ascomycete				Variety		6 trophisms	2 references
Gaeumannomyces graminis var graminis an ascomycete				Variety		2 trophisms
Gaeumannomyces graminis var tritici an ascomycete				Variety		2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Gaeumannomyces graminis (Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent))
Genus	Gaeumannomyces (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	MAGNAPORTHACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	MAGNAPORTHALES (an order of fungi)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Gaeumannomyces graminis is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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 Gaeumannomyces graminis (Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Baldwin, N.A.	1990	Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf	Mycologist Vol 4 (1): 16-19.
	Willetts, H.J.	1961	A comparison between Ophiobolus graminis and Ophiobolus graminis var. avenae	TBMS Vol 44 (4): 504-510.

Gaeumannomyces graminis (Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
von Arx, J.A., & Olivier, D.L.	1952	The taxonomy of Ophiobolus graminis Sacco.	TBMS Vol 35 (1): 29-33.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Gaeumannomyces graminis (Take-all Patch Disease, Ophiobolus Patch (Causative Agent):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

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