Peronospora farinosa s. lat. (Fr.) Fr.
(Beet Downy Mildew)

Interactions where Peronospora farinosa s. lat. 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			Atriplex portulacoides	Sea Purslane, Sea-purslane	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		live			Rare
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Atriplex prostrata	Spear-leaved Orache	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache		live
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Chenopodium album	Fat-hen	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album/	Chenopodium album	fat-hen		live			Major
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Chenopodium bonus-henricus	Good-King-Henry	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium bonus-henricus/	Chenopodium bonus-henricus	good-King-Henry		live			Minor
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Chenopodium hybridum	Maple-leaved Goosefoot	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium hybridum/	Chenopodium hybridum	maple-leaved goosefoot		live			Rare
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Chenopodium murale	Nettle-leaved Goosefoot	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium murale/	Chenopodium murale	nettle-leaved goosefoot		live			Rare
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Chenopodium polyspermum	Many-seeded Goosefoot	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium polyspermum/	Chenopodium polyspermum	many-seeded goosefoot		live			Rare
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Oxybasis glauca	Oak-leaved Goosefoot	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Oxybasis glauca/	Oxybasis glauca	oak-leaved goosefoot		live			Rare
sporangium		sporangium parasitises live			Oxybasis rubra	Red Goosefoot	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Oxybasis rubra/	Oxybasis rubra	red goosefoot		live			Rare

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Peronospora farinosa s. lat. (Beet 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))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Peronospora farinosa f.sp. betae Beet Downy Mildew				Forma specialis		6 trophisms
Peronospora farinosa f.sp. spinaciae Spinach Downy Mildew				Forma specialis		2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peronospora farinosa s. lat. (Beet 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 farinosa s. lat. 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 farinosa s. lat. (Beet Downy Mildew)

Peronospora farinosa s. lat. (Beet Downy Mildew) may 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))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Choi, Y.-J., & Hong, S.-B., & Shin, H.-D.	2007	Re-consideration of Peronospora farinosa infecting Spinacia oleracea as distinct species, Peronospora effusa	Mycol. Res. Vol 111 (4): 381-391.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Peronospora farinosa s. lat. (Beet 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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