Recording the plant-pathogenic fungi and oomycetes of Ireland

This project is ongoing, including my recording of plant pathogens across Ireland, and in the coming year more focused work on differences in plant-pathogen networks between different sites and habitats.

This project is partially funded by the Irish Naturalists' Journal Grant, which allowed me to buy a high-powered microscope to make quality photomicrographs. It hasn't arrived yet but when it does I will post some pictures here.

Project Outputs

The primary output of this project is records of plant pathogens in Ireland. These can be found on my iNaturalist. First records for Ireland are listed here. A second major component is the Field Guide to Plant Pathogens which I am currently developing.

Publications

Dalzell, J. (2025, in press). Contarinia dipsacearum Rübsaamen, 1921, a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) new to Ireland and its overlooked occurrence in Britain. Irish Naturalists’ Journal, 41. PDF (final accepted version)


This pro­ject is poss­ible thanks to a grant from the Irish Nat­ura­lists' Jour­nal.