Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Botrytis cinerea Pers.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Botrytis cinerea
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
Pers.
Common names
Grey Mould, Botrytis bunch rot, Gray Fruit Mold, grey fruit mould
Names in other languages (24)Almindelig gråskimmel, Botritisvrot, Grauschimmel, Grauschimmelfäule, Gronowiec szary, Gråskimmel-knoldskive, Kurşuni Küf, Moho gris, Moisissure Grise des Fruits, Pilkasis kekeras, Podredumbre gris, Pydredd Llwyd, Tuinknolkelkje, Vaalvrot, gråmögel, gråskimmel, harmaahome, plíseň šedá, vanligt gråmögel, Ботритис серый, ハイイロカビ, 灰色葡萄孢菌, 灰葡萄孢, 잿빛곰팡이
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Fungi
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Ascomycota
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Leotiomycetes
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Helotiales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Sclerotiniaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Botrytis
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
cinerea
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Botrytis cinerea
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-22 09:47.
Photo of Botrytis cinerea Pers.
Photo: Slaven Kljucanin · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Botrytis cinerea Pers.
Photo: Robert Martin · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Botrytis cinerea Pers.
Photo: Rob Drake · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Botrytis cinerea Pers.
Photo: Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Botrytis cinerea Pers.
Photo: Bohan Jia · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Botrytis cinerea Pers.
Photo: Alexander Hodgson · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-22 09:47.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 5 of 5 has as a host × is a pathogen of × is a host of × is adjacent to × interacts with ×

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has as a host 55 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Butter Bean Phaseolus vulgaris Fabaceae has as a host 32 not compared
Sunflower Helianthus annuus Asteraceae has as a host 20 no location
Bell Pepper Capsicum annuum Solanaceae has as a host 17 not compared
Peach Prunus persica Rosaceae has as a host 15 not compared
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is a pathogen of 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. It is a narrow block, and it cannot be the only one that is read: the most frequent term in the catalogue is the one above, which declares no harm, so much of what a reader would call a pest arrives there instead.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Peach Prunus persica Rosaceae is a pathogen of 1 no location
Arabica Coffee Coffea arabica Rubiaceae is a pathogen of 1 no location
Almond Prunus dulcis Rosaceae is a pathogen of 1 no location
Showing 3 of 3, by number of studies

is a host of 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Gumhar Gmelina arborea Lamiaceae is a host of 1 no location
Kenya coffeeshade Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Fabaceae is a host of 1 no location
Showing 2 of 2, by number of studies

is adjacent to 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis Fabaceae is adjacent to 1 not compared
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

interacts with 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca Rosaceae interacts with 2 not compared
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.