Septoria lycopersici Speg.
(Tomato Leaf Spot - causative organism)

Interactions where Septoria lycopersici 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
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Datura stramonium	Thorn-apple	Solanales: Solanaceae	Septoria lycopersici Speg., Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopersici/	Septoria lycopersici	tomato leaf spot (causative organism)			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Datura stramonium/	Datura stramonium	thorn-apple		live	leaf
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (amphigenous, scattered, black)		amphigenous, scattered, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live, yellowing then shrivelling leaf			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935 Septoria lycopersici Speg., Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopersici/	Septoria lycopersici	tomato leaf spot (causative organism)		amphigenous, scattered, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live, yellowing then shrivelling	leaf		Sole		(8-11)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (scattered, black)		scattered, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935 Septoria lycopersici Speg., Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopersici/	Septoria lycopersici	tomato leaf spot (causative organism)		scattered, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	stem		Sole		(8-11)
Septoria coelomycetous anamorph (scattered, black)		scattered, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live fruit			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Septoria lycopersici Speg., Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopersici/	Septoria lycopersici	tomato leaf spot (causative organism)		scattered, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato		live	fruit		Sole		(8-11)
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Solanum carolinense	Horse-nettle	Solanales: Solanaceae	Septoria lycopersici Speg., Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopersici/	Septoria lycopersici	tomato leaf spot (causative organism)			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum carolinense/	Solanum carolinense	horse-nettle		live	leaf
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Solanum melongena	Aubergine, Eggplant	Solanales: Solanaceae	Septoria lycopersici Speg., Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopersici/	Septoria lycopersici	tomato leaf spot (causative organism)			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum melongena/	Solanum melongena	aubergine, eggplant		live	leaf
Phoma coelomycetous anamorph		pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Solanum nigrum	Black Nightshade	Solanales: Solanaceae	Septoria lycopersici Speg., Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopersici/	Septoria lycopersici	tomato leaf spot (causative organism)			pycnidium	Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/	Solanum nigrum	black nightshade		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M., 1964	Septoria lycopersici Speg.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 89.

Septoria lycopersici (Tomato Leaf Spot - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Septoria lycopersici (Tomato Leaf Spot - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Septoria lycopersici (Tomato Leaf Spot - causative organism)
Genus	Septoria (a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)
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)

Septoria lycopersici is also a member of:
Coelomycetes - stem- and leaf-fungi (via Septoria)
Anamorphic fungi - mitosporic fungi (via Coelomycetes)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Anamorphic fungi)
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 Septoria lycopersici (Tomato Leaf Spot - causative organism)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Sutton, B.C. & Waterston, J.M.	1964	Septoria lycopersici Speg.	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 89.

Septoria lycopersici (Tomato Leaf Spot - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Septoria lycopersici (Tomato Leaf Spot - causative organism):

Septoria
(a form genus of coelomycetous leaf-spot fungi)

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)

Coelomycetes
(stem- and leaf-fungi)

Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)

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

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