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Ribes nigrum L. (Black Currant)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Ribes nigrum In flower 25 April 1998 Berks England 9

Suggested Literature

Ribes nigrum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Ribes nigrum:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos (live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia caricina var. ribis-nigri-lasiocarpae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Foreign Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
is parasitised by cleistothecium Podosphaera mors-uvae - American Gooseberry Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
berry (live) live berry is parasitised by conidial anamorph Podosphaera mors-uvae - American Gooseberry Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (attached, dead) attached, dead branch is decayed by immersed, in groups of 10 to 20 perithecium Diaporthe strumella - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (attached, dead) attached, dead branch is decayed by Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Diaporthe strumella - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos fruit fruit is parasitised by aecium Puccinia caricina - Currant-sedge Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos fruit fruit is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia caricina - Currant-sedge Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (blister-galled) blister-galled leaf is galled by Cryptomyzus ribis - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, immersed pseudothecium Mycosphaerella ribis - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, fallen, overwintered) dead, fallen, overwintered leaf is decayed by erumpent apothecium Drepanopeziza ribis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by acervulus of Gloeosporidiella coelomycetous anamorph Drepanopeziza ribis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown lesions]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly epiphyllous conidial anamorph Microsphaera grossulariae - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [especially where planted close together or heavily shaded]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly epiphyllous cleistothecium Microsphaera grossulariae - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [especially where planted close together or heavily shaded]
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by conidial anamorph Podosphaera mors-uvae - American Gooseberry Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (often distorted) often distorted leaf is parasitised by aecium Puccinia caricina - Currant-sedge Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Nematus olfaciens - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) UK/Ireland Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Cronartium ribicola - White Pine Blister Rust (Uredinales: Cronartiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [arising in uredia]
Photos leaf leaf is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia caricina - Currant-sedge Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is spotted by hypophyllous uredium Cronartium ribicola - White Pine Blister Rust (Uredinales: Cronartiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on angular brown spots, sometimes covering almost the whole of lower surface of leaf]
shoot (young) (live) live shoot (young) is parasitised by conidial anamorph Podosphaera mors-uvae - American Gooseberry Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem stem is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia caricina - Currant-sedge Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem stem is parasitised by aecium Puccinia caricina - Currant-sedge Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by erumpent stroma Dothiora ribesia - an ascomycete (Dothideales: Dothioraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by stromatic, immersed pseudothecium Dothiora ribesia - an ascomycete (Dothideales: Dothioraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by erumpent pycnidium of Topospora coelomycetous anamorph Godronia uberiformis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by erumpent apothecium Godronia uberiformis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Ribes nigrum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Ribes
(currants)

References

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Rotheray, G.E., 1989 Aphid Predators
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 British Rust Fungi

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